Norman McLaren Movies

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

An opening address, a tribute and highlights of a long and productive career--McLaren on McLaren is Norman McLaren on camera. The occasion is the...

A compilation of seven shorts made for the National Film Board of Canada. Features the NFBC shorts, "Nahanni," "Le Merle," "A Chairy Tale," "The Cars...

In this fourth film, Norman McLaren explains and illustrates composite motion, where two of the categories of motion occur simultaneously in one...

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...

The third in a series of five colour films that offer an introduction to the basic techniques of film animation. McLaren explains and demonstrates...

"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...

Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells,"...

Experimental film showing a day's activities at the Glasgow College of Art.

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

An experimental short film of images and music made by Norman McLaren.

1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

Done during war years. Silent film.

In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a...

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

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.

An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against...