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Norman McLaren

Director, Producer, Writer, Composer, Editor, Actor, Additional Credits
Born April 11, 1914Died February 27, 1987 (72 years)
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). He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. His awards included an Oscar for the Best Documentary in 1952 for Neighbours, a Silver Bear for best short documentary at the 1956 Berlin International Film Festival Rythmetic and a 1969 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film for Pas de deux.
Known For
  • Neighbours
  • Pas de deux
  • Begone Dull Care
  • Blinkity Blank
  • A Chairy Tale
  • Dots
  • Boogie-Doodle
  • Synchromy
  • The Blackbird
  • Loops
  • C'est l'aviron
  • Spook Sport
  • Lines: Horizontal
  • Canon
  • Lines: Vertical
  • Mosaic
  • A Phantasy
  • Rythmetic
  • La poulette grise
  • Hen Hop
  • Short and Suite
  • Ballet Adagio
  • Fiddle-de-dee
  • Opening Speech

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