Filmmaking innovation, Founding the animation department of the National Film Board of Canada
Notable work
Neighbours Rythmetic Pas de deux Hen Hop Begone Dull Care Blinkity Blank A Chairy Tale Christmas Cracker Synchromy Lines: Vertical Mosaic Canon Narcissus
Partner
Guy Glover
Awards
Companion of the Order of Canada Officer of the Order of Canada Chevalier, National Order of Quebec Prix Albert-Tessier Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Concordia University Film Awards: See below
William Norman McLaren, CC CQ LL. D. (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish Canadian animator, director and producer known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).[1] He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including hand-drawn animation, drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound.[2][3] McLaren was also an artist and printmaker, and explored his interest in dance in his films.[4]
His films garnered numerous awards, including one Oscar, one Palme d'Or, three BAFTA Awards and six Venice Film Festival awards.[5]
^Rosenthal, Alan. The new documentary in action: a casebook in film making. University of California Press, 1972. 267-8. Print.
^Schaffer, Bill (2005). "The Riddle of the Chicken: The Work of Norman McLaren". Senses of Cinema (35). Retrieved 16 March 2011.
^Clark, Ken (Summer 1987). "Tribute to Norman McLaren". Animator (19): 2. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
^Burant, Jim (2022). Ottawa Art & Artists: An Illustrated History. Toronto: Art Canada Institute. ISBN 978-1-4871-0289-0.
^Kozlov, Vladimir (28 May 2009). "Movie of the week – Norman McLaren retrospective". Moscow News.
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Canada visual music film by NormanMcLaren utilizing graphical sound. To produce the film's musical soundtrack, McLaren photographed rectangular cards...
music artists include Mary Ellen Bute, Jordan Belson, Oskar Fischinger, NormanMcLaren, John Whitney Sr., and Thomas Wilfred, plus a number of contemporary...
Begone Dull Care (Canada) NormanMcLaren, Evelyn Lambart Bernard and Doris (USA) Bob Balaban Blinkity Blank (Canada) NormanMcLaren Brand Upon the Brain!...
film by NormanMcLaren, engraved directly onto black film leader, combining improvisational jazz along with graphical sounds. In 1971, McLaren created...
depends on film. Camera-less animation, made famous by film-makers like NormanMcLaren, Len Lye, and Stan Brakhage, is painted and drawn directly onto pieces...
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game produced by Betaworks Dots (film), a 1940 short animated film by NormanMcLaren The Dots (TV series), a 2003–2004 Iranian sitcom "Dots" or "Dot Dot...
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