Norman McLaren Movies

Taking "Isle of the Dead," a work by the Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin as his starting point, Norman McLaren creates a deeply...

Documentary on savings

This documentary short illustrates the thematic role of war in the works of filmmaker Norman McLaren, from his traumatic experiences in the Spanish...

This wartime publicity trailer by Norman McLaren focuses on wartime inflation and the role of price control. Single-frame animation is used with pen...

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...

In this fourth film, Norman McLaren explains and illustrates composite motion, where two of the categories of motion occur simultaneously in one...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

The career of Scots-Canadian animation innovator, Norman McLaren.

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...

Made during WWII

The first part of this series by Norman McLaren deals only with tempo. It starts by showing the disc travelling in one move (1/24 of a second) from A...

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

Images supered on a revolving barrel.

So is this what the kids of today are into? Well, as long as it’s safe.

The third in a series of five colour films that offer an introduction to the basic techniques of film animation. McLaren explains and demonstrates...