Norman McLaren Movies

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...

The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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

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

A slow-motion study by Norman McLaren of the pas-de-deux adagio, one of the most exacting and difficult dances of classical ballet. A ballet...

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...

In this pre-Christmas reminder to mail early, filmmaker Norman McLaren used an electric vibra-drill to engrave the images on black film, and included...

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.

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

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

A film fantasy of dancing music and dancing color. Listen to the Mocking Bird played by an oldtime fiddler, brilliant patterns ripple, flow, flicker...

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

An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against...

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...

This documentary short illustrates the thematic role of war in the works of filmmaker Norman McLaren, from his traumatic experiences in the Spanish...

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

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

Images supered on a revolving barrel.

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