Norman McLaren Movies

Experimental film showing a day's activities at the Glasgow College of Art.

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

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

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

An animation film, made without the use of a camera, in which "boogie" played by Albert Ammons and "doodle" drawn by Norman McLaren combine to make a...

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

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

This publicity clip for Canada Post is Norman McLaren's first film for the NFB. For this animated short, McLaren drew symbols by pen onto clear 35 mm...

Made during WWII

In this pre-Christmas reminder to mail early, filmmaker Norman McLaren used an electric vibra-drill to engrave the images on black film, and included...

Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique.

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...

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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

This uncompleted film uses a technique invented by McLaren in the 1930s; the travelling zoom. McLaren's intention was to make the corridor gradually...

Produced for the National Film Board of Canada

The fifth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren; this time with a focus on his collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

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...

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

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...