Norman McLaren
Birthday: 1914-04-11 | Place of Birth: Stirling, Stirlingshire, ScotlandNorman McLaren, CC, CQ (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. His awards included an Oscar for the Best Documentary in 1952 for Neighbours, a Silver Bear for best short documentary at the 1956 Berlin International Film Festival Rythmetic and a 1969 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film for Pas de deux.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2009
Jacques Drouin: In Relief
as Archive Footage
2006
Tanguy Landscape Test
as Narrator (voice)
2005
War and Peace
as Self
1990
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
as Self (archive footage)
1983
McLaren on McLaren
as Self
1973
Tour en l'air
as Self
1973
Grierson
as Self (archive footage)
1969
Opening Speech
as Self
1951
Pen Point Percussion
as Self
