Norman McLaren Movies

This 1967 footage shows McLaren at a computer with Evelyn Lambart, Rene Pardo and two other technicians, followed by the animation test some call...

The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

Advertising cartoon showing advantages of using gas supply and gas cookers.

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

In Là-haut sur ces montagnes, Mclaren used for the first time a chain-of-mixes (chiaroscuro) on a pastel-drawn landscape. The idea for such a...

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...

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

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

An attempt to animate an abstract Charlie Chaplin-esque figure.

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren and collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

Images supered on a revolving barrel.

An animated victory bond message with the advice, "Don't cash in your bonds."

Mixes with still images, 1940s. A large collection of McLaren's surrealist illustrations. Silent film.

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"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...

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1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

Done during war years. Silent film.