Norman McLaren
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-04-11 (73 years old)
Deathday
1987-02-27
Place of Birth
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Also known As
N. McLaren
McLaren
Norman McLaren
Biography
Norman 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.
Acting
2006
2006
2006
as Narrator (voice)
2006
2006
1990
as Self (archive footage)
1961
as Self - Seen with Man in Hat
1961
as Self
2005
as Self
1951
as Self
1973
1983
as Self
2024
as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
1972
1965
2003
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1937
as Editor
1948
as Director
1969
as Producer
1969
as Animation
1952
as Director
1940
as Director
1963
as Director
1955
as Producer
1955
as Animation
1955
as Director
1944
as Director
1949
as Director
1947
as Director
1957
as Director
1940
as Director
1941
as Director
1968
as Director
1958
as Director
1944
as Producer
1938
as Director
1959
as Director
1943
as Director
1951
as Director
1972
as Director
1965
as Director
1935
as Editor
1961
as Director
1961
as Producer
1971
as Director
1940
as Director
1956
as Director
1952
as Director
1961
as Director
2003
as Director
1946
as Director
1936
as Cinematography
1947
as Director
1964
as Director
1942
as Director
1959
as Director
1939
as Director
1946
as Director
1969
as Director
1946
as Director
1960
as Director
1962
as Director
1953
as Director
1944
as Director
1941
as Director
1943
as Director
1944
as Director
1943
as Director
1941
as Director
1939
as Director
1939
as Director
1959
as Director
1976
as Director
1942
as Director
1939
as Director
1977
as Director
1977
as Director
1977
as Director
1978
as Director
1983
as Director
1940
as Director
1936
as Director
1951
as Animation Director
1951
as Sound Designer
1951
as Producer
1951
as Director
1951
as Animation Director
1951
as Director
1952
as Producer
1935
as Director
1937
as Director
1935
as Director
1937
as Director
1933
as Director
1949
as Director
1961
as Writer
1955
as Writer
2003
as Director
1973
as Director
1940
as Producer
1949
as Editor
1949
as Animation
1953
as Music
1972
as Producer
1952
as Music
1952
as Writer
1952
as Animation
1952
as Producer
1947
as Animation
1952
as Animation
1941
as Animation
1952
as Producer
1941
as Producer
1941
as Animation
1941
as Producer
2006
as Director
1950
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Director
1972
as Animation
1963
as Director
1965
as Producer
1965
as Music
1965
as Animation
1960
as Director
1960
as Director
1959
as Director
1944
as Director
1943
as Director
1944
as Producer
1946
as Director
1967
as Music
1961
as Director
1942
as Producer
1942
as Animation
1940
as Producer
1959
as Producer
1940
as Animation
1959
as Animation
1946
as Animation
1946
as Producer
1941
as Producer
1940
as Producer
1941
as Animation
1940
as Animation
1939
as Producer
1942
as Animation
1942
as Producer
1962
as Producer
1960
as Animation
1962
as Animation
1960
as Producer
1935
as Producer
1935
as Writer
1990
as Original Music Composer
1936
as Director
1951
as Producer
1948
as Director
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