Norman McLaren Filmes

Taking "Isle of the Dead," a work by the Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin as his starting point, Norman McLaren creates a deeply...

To the tune of a classic French-Canadian nonsense song, surreal blackbird made of lines loses body parts and gets them back threefold.

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...

In this film Norman McLaren uses puppets, diagrams, animation and live-action to present an anti-war message for use by peace organizations.

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

In 1966, McLaren began a metamorphic film in which he explored the light and colour of Canada in this unfinished film.

In this fifth part, Norman McLaren deals not with motion (if motion is defined as a change of location in two- or three-dimensional space) but with...

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.

One of a series of French-Canadian folk songs, this film was illustrated by Norman McLaren for the Chants populaires series. White gouache drawings...

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

Montage and animation in two Acts: the preparation for the Glasgow Arts School Ball; and the ball itself.

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

This uncompleted film uses a technique invented by McLaren in the 1930s; the travelling zoom. McLaren's intention was to make the corridor gradually...

Russian artist Alexander Alexeieff illustrated the song "Et moi je m'enfouiyais" (En passant) using the pinscreen technique. Norman McLaren...

An hand drawn animation merged from two originally separate films. (The films were originally drawn in 1940)

Early abstract 3d stereoscopic animation by Norman McLaren collaborator Gretta Ekman.

An idea for backgrounds never used, late 1940s. Silent film.