Norman McLaren Movies

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

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

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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

An hand drawn animation merged of abstract.

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

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

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...

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

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

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

This short animation of linear symbols made from paper cutouts was created as a Canadian tourism publicity clip. Projected in New York's Times...

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

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...

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

1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

Stop-motion, pixillation and other trick photography methods are used to depict situations on a farm.

The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

A brisk GPO Film Unit promo for the Post Office Savings Bank: pub talk and daydream vignettes tout penny-by-penny thrift, peaking in a playful Norman...