Norman McLaren
| Norman McLaren | |
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Norman McLaren drawing directly on film (1944)
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| Born |
11 April 1914 Stirling, Scotland |
| Died | 27 January 1987 (aged 72) Montreal, Canada |
| Occupation |
Animator director producer |
| Years active | 1933 - 1983 |
| Partner(s) | Guy Glover (1937-87?) |
| Awards |
Best Short Documentary 1968 Pas de deux |
Best Short Documentary
1952 Neighbours
Norman McLaren, CC CQ (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish/Canadian animator, director and producer 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 hand-drawn animation, drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound.
His awards included an Oscar for the Best Documentary in 1952 for Neighbours, a Silver Bear for best short documentary at the 1956 Berlin International Film Festival Rythmetic and a 1969 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film for Pas de deux.
McLaren was born in Stirling, Scotland and studied set design at the Glasgow School of Art. His early experiments with film and animation included actually scratching and painting the film stock itself, as he did not have ready access to a camera. His earliest extant film, Seven Till Five (1933), a "day in the life of an art school" was influenced by Eisenstein and displays a strongly formalist attitude.
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