Norman McLaren Movies

Montage and animation in two Acts: the preparation for the Glasgow Arts School Ball; and the ball itself.

Taking "Isle of the Dead," a work by the Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin as his starting point, Norman McLaren creates a deeply...

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

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...

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...

This 1967 footage shows McLaren at a computer with Evelyn Lambart, Rene Pardo and two other technicians, followed by the animation test some call...

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

The Korean alphabet, illustrated with animation, spoken, and accompanied by music.

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 film by animation master Norman McLaren and collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

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

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

The first thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

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

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

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

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