Norman McLaren Movies

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

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

In this early film Norman McLaren shot crystal formations through a low-power microscope, using polarized light with the lower part of the picture...

A Norman McLaren Animated Film

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...

A gay fantasia of patterned sound in which Norman McLaren salutes the West Indies, painting the spirit of fiesta on film to the lively beat of an...

Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film.

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 experimental film in which both sound and visuals were created entirely by McLaren drawing directly upon the film with ordinary pen and ink. The...

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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

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

An animated film in which colored shapes dance to calliope music. The visuals were drawn by Norman McLaren directly upon the film with pen and ink....

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

A play on the theme of hearts. Two hearts cavort, change shape, shoot arrows at one another, give birth, and finally become one heart bearing the...

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

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

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

1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

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