Norman McLaren Movies

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...

A compilation of seven shorts made for the National Film Board of Canada. Features the NFBC shorts, "Nahanni," "Le Merle," "A Chairy Tale," "The Cars...

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

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...

Done during war years. Silent film.

The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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

Produced for the National Film Board of Canada

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.

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

A color cocktail by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart, translating into moving patterns of color and light the moods of music written for a jazz...