Norman McLaren Movies

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

An hand drawn animation merged of Colors.

An hand drawn animation merged of abstract.

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

In Là-haut sur ces montagnes, Mclaren used for the first time a chain-of-mixes (chiaroscuro) on a pastel-drawn landscape. The idea for such a...

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

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

"Là-haut sur ces montagnes" sung by Madeleine Lachance is illustrated with drawings and in "C'est l'aviron" a boat sails to the rhythm of the...

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells,"...

1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

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.

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...

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...

Featuring a voiceover. 1944 test inspired by surrealist painter Yves Tanguy, an improvised moving growing landscape in a surrealistic manner.

In this film Norman McLaren uses puppets, diagrams, animation and live-action to present an anti-war message for use by peace organizations.