Norman McLaren Movies

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...

A documentary showing Norman McLaren working on the hand-drawn sound process he uses for his short film, Loops.

This publicity clip for Canada Post is Norman McLaren's first film for the NFB. For this animated short, McLaren drew symbols by pen onto clear 35 mm...

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

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...

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

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

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

The first thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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

‘Too esoteric, even for me,’ said McLaren about his The Flicker Film. The famous animator’s most abstract effort is marginalized to...

The first part of this series by Norman McLaren deals only with tempo. It starts by showing the disc travelling in one move (1/24 of a second) from A...

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

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...

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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

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

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