Norman McLaren Movies

The Korean alphabet, illustrated with animation, spoken, and accompanied by music.

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 attempt to animate an abstract Charlie Chaplin-esque figure.

An animation film, made without the use of a camera, in which "boogie" played by Albert Ammons and "doodle" drawn by Norman McLaren combine to make a...

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...

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

Rythmetic is a 1956 Canadian short animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart where numbers are the main characters.

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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

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

The first thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Mixes with still images, 1940s. A large collection of McLaren's surrealist illustrations. Silent film.

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

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

Images supered on a revolving barrel.

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

In this short animation film, Norman McLaren presents the first 3 of the 5 categories of motion: constant, accelerated and decelerated. Various types...

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

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.