Norman McLaren Movies

An experimental short film of images and music made by Norman McLaren.

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

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...

This animated short co-animated by René Jodoin and Norman McLaren was produced for inclusion in the Let's All Sing Together sing-along series....

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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

This wartime publicity trailer by Norman McLaren focuses on wartime inflation and the role of price control. Single-frame animation is used with pen...

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

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...

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

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

A gay fantasia of patterned sound in which Norman McLaren salutes the West Indies, painting the spirit of fiesta on film to the lively beat of an...

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

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

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

The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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

Produced for the National Film Board of Canada