Norman McLaren Movies

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...

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

In this extraordinary short animation, Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren painted colours, shapes, and transformations directly onto their filmstrip....

Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of...

"Fly too high and you will burn, go too low and you won't breathe." A 7 day vlog during the summer of 2023, a story of dreamers and drowners.

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...

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

Norman McLaren made Scherzo early after his arrival in North America in 1939, but the film was subsequently lost. In 1984 the original materials were...

"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...

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

Two ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal after-image visuals.

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

In this film Norman McLaren uses puppets, diagrams, animation and live-action to present an anti-war message for use by peace organizations.

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

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

An hand drawn animation merged of abstract.