Norman McLaren Movies

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

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

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

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...

"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...

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Advertising cartoon showing advantages of using gas supply and gas cookers.

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

The first part of this series by Norman McLaren deals only with tempo. It starts by showing the disc travelling in one move (1/24 of a second) from A...

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

An hand drawn animation merged of abstract.

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

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

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

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

A film fantasy of dancing music and dancing color. Listen to the Mocking Bird played by an oldtime fiddler, brilliant patterns ripple, flow, flicker...

Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.

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...