Norman McLaren Movies

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

An hand drawn animation merged of Colors.

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...

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

This animated short by Norman McLaren is a publicity message for a war bond campaign. Symbols, a stick man and lettering are drawn directly on 35mm...

Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.

Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells,"...

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

Two ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal after-image visuals.

This animated short from Norman McLaren features a human skull cautioning Canadians to “keep their mouths shut” in an effort to end...

Featuring a voiceover. 1944 test inspired by surrealist painter Yves Tanguy, an improvised moving growing landscape in a surrealistic manner.

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...

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

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.

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

Alexandre Alexeïeff illustrated the song "Et moi je m'enfouiyais" (En passant) using the pinscreen technique. Norman McLaren illustrated "C'est...

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

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