Norman McLaren Movies

This animated short from Norman McLaren features a human skull cautioning Canadians to “keep their mouths shut” in an effort to end...

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

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

This documentary is a portrait of the animator of Le Paysagiste, from his childhood in Eastern Quebec to his career at the NFB. Trained at the...

This uncompleted film uses a technique invented by McLaren in the 1930s; the travelling zoom. McLaren's intention was to make the corridor gradually...

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

Done during war years. Silent film.

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren and collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

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

In this pre-Christmas reminder to mail early, filmmaker Norman McLaren used an electric vibra-drill to engrave the images on black film, and included...

A Norman McLaren Animated Film

1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

A compilation of various tests, techniques and experiments compiled from the 1940s - 1950s. Silent film.

An hand drawn animation merged from two originally separate films. (The films were originally drawn in 1940)

Produced for the National Film Board of Canada

Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.

Norman McLaren's documentary-style account of how a letter from home reaches a sailor on duty in foreign waters.

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