Norman McLaren Movies

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

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

This cinematic travelogue consists of three parts. In the first part, texts and small maps are our guides through Madrid in 1936. We see pictures of...

An attempt to animate an abstract Charlie Chaplin-esque figure.

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...

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

The fifth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren; this time with a focus on his collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

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

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

The first thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique.

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

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

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

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

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"Là-haut sur ces montagnes" sung by Madeleine Lachance is illustrated with drawings and in "C'est l'aviron" a boat sails to the rhythm of the...

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1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

Done during war years. Silent film.