Directed credits
59
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Norman McLaren
Directing
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Directed movies: 59Directed series: 0All crew credits: 62
TMDB ID: 1065698
IMDb ID: nm0572235
Known for: Directing
Born: April 11, 1914
Died: February 27, 1987
Age: 72
Place of birth: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1935 - 2024
Years active: 90
Average TMDB rating: 6.32
Wikidata: Q716552
Also known as
N. McLaren • McLaren
Frequent jobs
Director (59)Animation (1)Music (1)Producer (1)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Norman McLaren.
Chaplin Test
Director
2006 Movie
Surrealistic Hand Drawing
Director
2006 Movie
The Hypnosis Film
Director
2006 Movie
3.0
Six and Seven-Eighths
Director
2003 Movie
5.4
Narcissus
Director
1983 Movie
6.7
Pinscreen
Director
1973 Movie
6.9
Ballet Adagio
Director
1972 Movie
6.7
Synchromy
Director
1971 Movie
6.8
Opening Speech
Director
1969 Movie
6.5
Pas de Deux
Director
1968 Movie
5.2
Mosaic
Director
1965 Movie
6.2
Canon
Director
1964 Movie
7.0
Christmas Cracker
Director
1963 Movie
6.1
Lines: Horizontal
Director
1962 Movie
2.0
The Flicker Film
Director
1961 Movie
New York Lightboard
Director
1961 Movie
Doors
Director
1959 Movie
6.0
Short and Suite
Director
1959 Movie
3.6
Mail Early for Christmas
Director
1959 Movie
6.8
A Chairy Tale
Director
1957 Movie
6.4
Blinkity Blank
Director
1955 Movie
7.6
Neighbours
Director
1952 Movie
6.1
A Phantasy
Director
1952 Movie
4.0
Now Is the Time
Director
1951 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Norman McLaren.
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Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Norman McLaren.
5.7
Spheres
Animation
1969 Movie
6.7
Pinscreen
Director
1973 Movie
5.2
Mosaic
Director
1965 Movie
6.4
A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting
Director
1946 Movie
7.6
Neighbours
Director
1952 Movie
10.0
Daedalus
as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
2024 Movie
6.9
Begone Dull Care
Director
1949 Movie
5.9
Spook Sport
Director
1940 Movie
Doors
Director
1959 Movie
6.9
Ballet Adagio
Director
1972 Movie
6.5
Pas de Deux
Director
1968 Movie
6.2
Canon
Director
1964 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Norman McLaren.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Norman McLaren.
10.0
Daedalus
as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
2024 Movie
Jacques Drouin: In Relief
as Archive Footage
2009 Movie
War and Peace
as Self
2005 Movie
3.0
McLaren on McLaren
as Self
1983 Movie
6.5
Grierson
as Self (archive footage)
1973 Movie
6.7
Pinscreen
1973 Movie
6.0
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
as Self
1972 Movie
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
as Self
1970 Movie
6.8
Opening Speech
as Self
1969 Movie
5.2
Mosaic
1965 Movie
6.0
Pen Point Percussion
as Self
1951 Movie