NORMAN MCLAREN
DIRECTING
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..
- Neighbours 1952
- Dots 1940
- Christmas Cracker 1963
- Blinkity Blank 1955
- Begone Dull Care 1949
- A Chairy Tale 1957
- Pas de Deux 1968
- Pen Point Percussion 1951
- Mosaic 1965
- Ballet Adagio 1972
- Spook Sport 1940
- Opening Speech 1961
- Fiddle De-Dee 1947
- Hen Hop 1942
- A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting 1946
- Spheres 1969
- Scherzo 1939
- Narcissus 1983