Norman McLaren Movies

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

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...

Norman McLaren's documentary-style account of how a letter from home reaches a sailor on duty in foreign waters.

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

So is this what the kids of today are into? Well, as long as it’s safe.

Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique.

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

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

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.

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

Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film.

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

In 1966, McLaren began a metamorphic film in which he explored the light and colour of Canada in this unfinished film.

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An idea for backgrounds never used, late 1940s. Silent film.

"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.