Norman McLaren Movies

An animated film in which colored shapes dance to calliope music. The visuals were drawn by Norman McLaren directly upon the film with pen and ink....

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of...

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

In this film Norman McLaren uses puppets, diagrams, animation and live-action to present an anti-war message for use by peace organizations.

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

A play on the theme of hearts. Two hearts cavort, change shape, shoot arrows at one another, give birth, and finally become one heart bearing the...

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

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

The first thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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...

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

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

This animated short by Norman McLaren serves as a wartime savings campaign. Symbolic figures, drawn directly on 35mm film stock, move and dance...

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

In this fourth film, Norman McLaren explains and illustrates composite motion, where two of the categories of motion occur simultaneously in one...

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

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...

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