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Norman McLaren
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Scottish Canadian animator (1914-1987)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1914
- Died
- 1987
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Dessinéastes
- Norman McLaren
- Drawings of Norman McLaren
- Cameraless animation
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Film & TV
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Norman McLaren, CC, CQ (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. His awards included an Oscar for the Best Documentary in…
Known for
- Daedalus — sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren2024
- Jacques Drouin: In Relief — Archive Footage2009
- Beginnings2006
- McLaren and Space2006
- Painting with Light2006
- Blurr Test2006
- The Art of Motion2006
- Birdlings2006
- Evelyn Lambart2006
- Tanguy Landscape Test — Narrator (voice)2006
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- Listeners
- 1,012
- Total plays
- 3,384
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Norman McLaren, CC, CQ (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Norman+McLaren">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Stirling
- Place of death
- Montreal
- Occupation
- comics artist
- Employer
- UNESCO
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- animation
- Image
- Norman McLaren drawing on film - 1944.jpg
- Work location
- Canada
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- end of work period
- 1972-00-00
- date of birth
- 1914-01-01
- date of death
- 1987-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- Commons category
- Norman McLaren
- partner in business or sport
- Evelyn Lambart
- start of work period
- 1933-00-00
- artist files at
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
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