Norman McLaren Movies

Perhaps the only film whose content is totally based on the musical form known as canon. The first sequence is a simple demonstration of the canon...

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

Documentary on savings

A man sets a ping-pong ball into motion and it becomes fruitful and multiplies.

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

In this early film Norman McLaren shot crystal formations through a low-power microscope, using polarized light with the lower part of the picture...

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

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...

This animated short co-animated by René Jodoin and Norman McLaren was produced for inclusion in the Let's All Sing Together sing-along series....

A documentary showing Norman McLaren working on the hand-drawn sound process he uses for his short film, Loops.

Experimental film showing a day's activities at the Glasgow College of Art.

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

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...

Made during WWII

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

This publicity clip for Canada Post is Norman McLaren's first film for the NFB. For this animated short, McLaren drew symbols by pen onto clear 35 mm...

Russian artist Alexander Alexeieff illustrated the song "Et moi je m'enfouiyais" (En passant) using the pinscreen technique. Norman McLaren...

Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique.

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