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...

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

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

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...

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

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

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

Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Made during WWII

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

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