Norman McLaren Movies

Produced for the National Film Board of Canada

In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a...

1960s. A test using circles. 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 hand drawn animation merged from two originally separate films. (The films were originally drawn in 1940)

An idea for backgrounds never used, late 1940s. Silent film.

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 unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

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

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

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...

Done during war years. Silent film.

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

An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against...

On a blue background, a series of numbers (1 to 5) begin to appear, forming simple arithmetic equations that create a pattern. Numbers and symbols...