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Norman McLaren
Directing
Born: April 11, 1914
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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.
Known For
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Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
Daedalus
as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
Pen Point Percussion
as Self
Pinscreen
Mosaic
War and Peace
as Self
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Creative Process: Norman McLaren
as Self (archive footage)
McLaren on McLaren
as Self
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
as Self