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Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren, CC, CQ (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). McLaren was born in Stirling, Scotland and studied set design at the Glasgow School of Art. His early experiments with...
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Neighbours

Neighbours (French title: Voisins) is a 1952 short film by Scottish-Canadian filmmaker Norman McLaren. Produced at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal, the film uses the technique known as pixilation, an animation technique using live...

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  • 1952

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Runtime:

  • 8.1 min (4.9 hs )

Narcissus

Narcissus is a 1983 Canadian short musical and experimental film directed by Norman McLaren and produced by David Verrall, visualizing the legend of Narcissus in a modern way. It was McLaren's last film for the National Film Board of Canada.

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  • 1983

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Runtime:

  • 22 min (13 hs )

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A Chairy Tale

A Chairy Tale is a 1957 animated short film co-directed by Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra, and starring Jutra and a most uncooperative chair. Using pixilation, the film humorously portrays Jutra's attempts to sit on the chair - and it on him - set...

Initial release date:

  • 1957

Runtime:

  • 12 min (7.2 hs )

Pas de Deux

Pas de deux (1968) is an award winning film by Scottish-Canadian director Norman McLaren, produced by the NFB. The film sees two performers dancing a pas de deux, filmed on high contrast film stock with very stark side lighting. This is augmented by...

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  • 1968

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Runtime:

  • 13 min (7.8 hs )

Begone Dull Care

Begone Dull Care (1949) is a visual music animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Using drawn on film animation, McLaren and Lambart paint and scratch directly onto film stock to create a visual music presentation of Oscar...

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  • 1949

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Runtime:

  • 8 min (4.8 hs )

Le Merle

"In this animation film, Norman McLaren imparts unusual activity to an old French-Canadian nonsense song. Simple white cut-outs on pastel backgrounds, many by Evelyn Lambart, provide lively illustrations. The folksong "Mon Merle" is sung in French...

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  • 1958

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Runtime:

  • 4 min (2.4 hs )

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Serenal

Initial release date:

  • 1959

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Runtime:

  • 4 min (2.4 hs )

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L'Ile Aux Morts

Initial release date:

  • 1947

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