Norman McLaren Movies

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

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

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...

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

So is this what the kids of today are into? Well, as long as it’s safe.

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...

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

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...

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

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

Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.

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

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

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

Stop-motion, pixillation and other trick photography methods are used to depict situations on a farm.

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

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

Made during WWII

Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film.