Norman McLaren Movies

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...

An hand drawn animation merged of abstract.

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

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

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...

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

"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...

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

Stop-motion, pixillation and other trick photography methods are used to depict situations on a farm.

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...

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

The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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...

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

1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

Featuring a voiceover. 1944 test inspired by surrealist painter Yves Tanguy, an improvised moving growing landscape in a surrealistic manner.

A compilation of various tests, techniques and experiments compiled from the 1940s - 1950s. Silent film.