Norman McLaren Movies

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

In this short animation film, Norman McLaren presents the first 3 of the 5 categories of motion: constant, accelerated and decelerated. Various types...

One of a series of French-Canadian folk songs, this film was illustrated by Norman McLaren for the Chants populaires series. White gouache drawings...

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

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

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...

An hand drawn animation merged of abstract.

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

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

In Là-haut sur ces montagnes, Mclaren used for the first time a chain-of-mixes (chiaroscuro) on a pastel-drawn landscape. The idea for such a...

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...

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

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

In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a...

The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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

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

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