Norman McLaren Movies

A play on the theme of hearts. Two hearts cavort, change shape, shoot arrows at one another, give birth, and finally become one heart bearing the...

So is this what the kids of today are into? Well, as long as it’s safe.

Advertising cartoon showing advantages of using gas supply and gas cookers.

Perhaps the only film whose content is totally based on the musical form known as canon. The first sequence is a simple demonstration of the canon...

The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Stop-motion, pixillation and other trick photography methods are used to depict situations on a farm.

New Yorkers watch as Norman McLaren's animated promotional film for Canadian tourism plays on the giant pixelboard overlooking Times Square. The...

An animated victory bond message with the advice, "Don't cash in your bonds."

An hand drawn animation merged of abstract.

This wartime publicity trailer by Norman McLaren focuses on wartime inflation and the role of price control. Single-frame animation is used with pen...

An abstract animation by Norman McLaren, who was born in Scotland in 1914. His interest in filmmaking began early in life after he became acquainted...

The film's soundtrack is an original musical composition produced with synthetic sound - through photographing unusual geometric shapes and running...

An experimental film in which both sound and visuals were created entirely by McLaren drawing directly upon the film with ordinary pen and ink. The...

This animated short by Norman McLaren is a publicity message for a war bond campaign. Symbols, a stick man and lettering are drawn directly on 35mm...

In Là-haut sur ces montagnes, Mclaren used for the first time a chain-of-mixes (chiaroscuro) on a pastel-drawn landscape. The idea for such a...

Montage and animation in two Acts: the preparation for the Glasgow Arts School Ball; and the ball itself.

An animation film, made without the use of a camera, in which "boogie" played by Albert Ammons and "doodle" drawn by Norman McLaren combine to make a...

Early abstract 3d stereoscopic animation by Norman McLaren collaborator Gretta Ekman.

The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Made during WWII