Norman McLaren Movies

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

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

In this fifth part, Norman McLaren deals not with motion (if motion is defined as a change of location in two- or three-dimensional space) but with...

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

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

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

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

Documentary on savings

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

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.

‘Too esoteric, even for me,’ said McLaren about his The Flicker Film. The famous animator’s most abstract effort is marginalized to...

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...

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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)

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

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

Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.

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