Norman McLaren Movies

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...

In this short animation film, Norman McLaren presents the first 3 of the 5 categories of motion: constant, accelerated and decelerated. Various types...

A film fantasy of dancing music and dancing color. Listen to the Mocking Bird played by an oldtime fiddler, brilliant patterns ripple, flow, flicker...

Norman McLaren made Scherzo early after his arrival in North America in 1939, but the film was subsequently lost. In 1984 the original materials were...

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

Montage and animation in two Acts: the preparation for the Glasgow Arts School Ball; and the ball itself.

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...

Amateur footage, probably filmed by Norman McLaren, of a group of his friends on a visit to his parents' home in Stirling.

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

It's midnight in a graveyard. The principal characters are spooks, ghosts, bats, bells, and, at the end, the sun. As midnight strikes, 12 spooks...

An hand drawn animation of Frogs.

This uncompleted film uses a technique invented by McLaren in the 1930s; the travelling zoom. McLaren's intention was to make the corridor gradually...

Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique.

Images supered on a revolving barrel.

An hand drawn animation merged of Colors.

An experimental short film of images and music made by Norman McLaren.

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....

An animated film in which colored shapes dance to calliope music. The visuals were drawn by Norman McLaren directly upon the film with pen and ink....

An animated short film about The Four Seasons by Norman McLaren.

Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film.