Norman McLaren Movies

So is this what the kids of today are into? Well, as long as it’s safe.

This publicity clip for Canada Post is Norman McLaren's first film for the NFB. For this animated short, McLaren drew symbols by pen onto clear 35 mm...

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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

New Yorkers watch as Norman McLaren's animated promotional film for Canadian tourism plays on the giant pixelboard overlooking Times Square. The...

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

The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

The career of Scots-Canadian animation innovator, Norman McLaren.

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

The first thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film.

‘Too esoteric, even for me,’ said McLaren about his The Flicker Film. The famous animator’s most abstract effort is marginalized to...

In this short animation film, Norman McLaren presents the first 3 of the 5 categories of motion: constant, accelerated and decelerated. Various types...

The Korean alphabet, illustrated with animation, spoken, and accompanied by music.

This cinematic travelogue consists of three parts. In the first part, texts and small maps are our guides through Madrid in 1936. We see pictures of...

Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique.

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 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 fifth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren; this time with a focus on his collaborator Evelyn Lambart.