Norman McLaren Movies

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

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

This animated short by Norman McLaren serves as a wartime savings campaign. Symbolic figures, drawn directly on 35mm film stock, move and dance...

A compilation of seven shorts made for the National Film Board of Canada. Features the NFBC shorts, "Nahanni," "Le Merle," "A Chairy Tale," "The Cars...

An idea for backgrounds never used, late 1940s. Silent film.

In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a...

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

An abstract animation by Norman McLaren, who was born in Scotland in 1914. His interest in filmmaking began early in life after he became acquainted...

An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against...

Done during war years. Silent film.

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

Produced for the National Film Board of Canada

A color cocktail by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart, translating into moving patterns of color and light the moods of music written for a jazz...