Norman McLaren Movies

An animated victory bond message with the advice, "Don't cash in your bonds."

Taking "Isle of the Dead," a work by the Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin as his starting point, Norman McLaren creates a deeply...

This animated short by Norman McLaren is a publicity message for a war bond campaign. Symbols, a stick man and lettering are drawn directly on 35mm...

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

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...

An hand drawn animation merged of Colors.

A compilation of various tests, techniques and experiments compiled from the 1940s - 1950s. Silent film.

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...

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

This joyful short animation features a dancing hen that transforms into an egg. The film was made without a camera by Norman McLaren, who drew...

Norman McLaren's documentary-style account of how a letter from home reaches a sailor on duty in foreign waters.

New Yorkers watch as Norman McLaren's animated promotional film for Canadian tourism plays on the giant pixelboard overlooking Times Square. The...

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...

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

The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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...

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...

1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

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...