Norman McLaren Movies

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

Norman McLaren's documentary-style account of how a letter from home reaches a sailor on duty in foreign waters.

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

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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

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

1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

An hand drawn animation merged from two originally separate films. (The films were originally drawn in 1940)

‘Too esoteric, even for me,’ said McLaren about his The Flicker Film. The famous animator’s most abstract effort is marginalized to...

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

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

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...

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...

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

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

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

This cinematic travelogue consists of three parts. In the first part, texts and small maps are our guides through Madrid in 1936. We see pictures of...

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

The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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