Norman McLaren Movies

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

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...

Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.

Russian artist Alexander Alexeieff illustrated the song "Et moi je m'enfouiyais" (En passant) using the pinscreen technique. Norman McLaren...

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

Done during war years. Silent film.

An idea for backgrounds never used, late 1940s. Silent film.

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

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

The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

In this fifth part, Norman McLaren deals not with motion (if motion is defined as a change of location in two- or three-dimensional space) but with...

‘Too esoteric, even for me,’ said McLaren about his The Flicker Film. The famous animator’s most abstract effort is marginalized to...

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

"Là-haut sur ces montagnes" sung by Madeleine Lachance is illustrated with drawings and in "C'est l'aviron" a boat sails to the rhythm of the...

An hand drawn animation merged of Colors.

An animated short film about The Four Seasons by Norman McLaren.

Produced for the National Film Board of Canada

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