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Norman McLaren
1914Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland57 Films
Norman McLaren, CC, CQ (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. His awards included an Oscar for the Best Documentary in 1952 for Neighbours, a Silver Bear for best short documentary at the 1956 Berlin International Film Festival Rythmetic and a 1969 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film for Pas de deux.
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Chaplin Test
2006
Surrealistic Hand Drawing
2006
The Hypnosis Film
2006
3.0
Six and Seven-Eighths
2003
5.4
Narcissus
1983
6.7
Pinscreen
1973
6.9
Ballet Adagio
1972
6.7
Synchromy
1971
6.8
Opening Speech
1969
6.5
Pas de Deux
1968
5.2
Mosaic
1965
6.2
Canon
1964
7.0
Christmas Cracker
1963
6.1
Lines: Horizontal
1962
2.0
The Flicker Film
1961
New York Lightboard
1961
Doors
1959
3.6
Mail Early for Christmas
1959
6.0
Short and Suite
1959
6.8
A Chairy Tale
1957
6.4
Blinkity Blank
1955
7.6
Neighbours
1952
6.1
A Phantasy
1952
4.0
Now Is the Time
1951
6.0
Pen Point Percussion
1951
6.0
Around Is Around
1951
Pas de deux 5
1950
The Seasons
1950
6.9
Begone Dull Care
1949
A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949
1949
Leapfrog
1949
McLaren in Ottawa
1949
Colour Flicker
1948
4.9
Fiddle De-Dee
1947
Chants populaires nº 6
1946
6.4
A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting
1946
5.6
Rock the Boat
1944
6.0
Keep Your Mouth Shut
1944
5.7
Alouette
1944
5.5
Chants populaires nº 5
1943
Barrel Zoom
1943
4.7
Dollar Dance
1943
6.2
Hen Hop
1942
5.4
5 for 4
1942
6.0
Boogie-Doodle
1941
5.0
V for Victory
1941
5.9
Loops
1940
6.1
Dots
1940
5.9
Spook Sport
1940
5.7
Stars and Stripes
1939
6.0
Love on the Wing
1939
4.7
The Obedient Flame
1939
3.5
Mony a Pickle
1938
5.3
News for the Navy
1937
5.7
Hell Unltd
1936
McLaren Homemovie
1936
5.5