Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Norman McLaren Filmography / Filmographie de Norman McLaren


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Scotland / Écosse ( - 1936)

  • 7 Till 5 (1933) B&W, silent, documentary short
  • Hand-Painted Abstraction (1933), direct animation short, with Stewart McAllister
  • Camera Makes Whoopee (Glasgow Arts School, 1935), silent, experimental short
  • Colour Cocktail (1935), abstract short, not extant
  • Polychrome Phantasy (1935), colour, silent, experimental short


London (General Post Office (GPO) Film Unit) (1936 - 1939)

  • Hell Unlimited (1936) b&w, silent, documentary short, mixed media, co-director Helen Biggar
  • News for the Navy (GPO, 1937), b&w, documentary short
  • Book Bargain (GPO, 1937), b&w, documentary short
  • Love on the Wing (GPO, 1938), animated publicity film for Empire Air Mail
  • Mony a Pickle (GPO, 1938), b&w, segment director, documentary short, co-directors Alberto Cavalcanti, Richard Massingham
  • The Obedient Flame (1939), animated advertisement for British Commercial Gas Association)


New York (1939 - 1941)

  • Stars and Stripes (1939), animated short
  • Spook Sport (1939), danse macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns, co-directed by Mary Ellen Bute and Ted Nemeth, McLaren did direct animation sequences for this film at Bute’s request
  • Scherzo (1939), lost, found and released in 1984
  • Rumba (1939)
  • Allegro (1939)
  • NBC Valentine Greeting (1940), made for NBC but they did not buy it, released by NFB in 1985
  • Loops / Boucles (1940), colour
  • Dots (1940)
  • Happy Birthday for Solomon Guggenheim (1940), hand-drawn greeting for Guggenheim’s 80th birthday
  • Boogie Doodle (1940)



Canada (National Film Board / Office national du film du Canada) (1941 - 1983)

  • Mail Early (1941), hand-drawn animated short
  • V for Victory (1941), colour, direct animation, propaganda short
  • Five for Four (1942), direct animation, propaganda short
  • Hen Hop (1942), colour, direct animation, animated short
  • Dollar Dance (1943), colour, direct animation, propaganda short
  • Keep Your Mouth Shut (1944), b&w, propaganda short
  • Chants populaires nº 5 (1944), b&w, folksong adaptation, co-directed by Alexandre Alexeïeff
  • C'est l'aviron (1944), b&w, adaptation of the folksong  «C'est l'Aviron»
  • Alouette (1944), co-directed by René Jodoin, adaptation of the folksong «Alouette»
  • Là-haut sur ces montagnes (1946)
  • Hoppity Pop (1946)
  • A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting (1946)
  • La poulette grise (1947), colour
  • Fiddle-de-dee (1974)
  • Begone Dull Care / Caprice en couleurs (1949), colour, co-directed by Evelyn Lambart
  • Workshop Experiment in Animated Sound (1949)
  • Pen Point Percussion / À la Pointe de la Plume (1951), b&w, documentary short
  • Around is Around (1951), co-directed by Evelyn Lambart
  • Now is the Time (1951)
  • Neighbours / Voisins (1952), pixilation, Oscar winner
  • A Phantasy (1952), colour
  • Two Bagatelles (1952), colour, co-directed by Grant Munro
  • Blinkity Blank (1955), colour (Palme d'or du court métrage au Festival de Cannes)
  • Rythmetic (1956), colour
  • A Chairy Tale / Il était une chaise (1957), b&w (music by Ravi Shankar), co-directed by Claude Jutra with animation by Evelyn Lambart
  • Le Merle (1958), colour, assisted by Evelyn Lambart
  • Mail Early for Christmas (1959), colour
  • Short and Suite (1959), colour, with animation by Evelyn Lambart
  • Lines vertical / Lignes verticales (1960), co-directed by Evelyn Lambart
  • Opening Speech: McLaren / Discours de bienvenue de Norman McLaren (1961), b&w
  • New York Lightboard (1961)
  • New York Lightboard Record (1961), documentary short
  • Lines horizontal / Lignes horizontales (1962), co-directed by Evelyn Lambart
  • Caprice de Noël (1963), co-directed by Jeff Hale, Grant Munro & Gerald Potterton
  • Discours de Bienvenue de Norman McLaren (1964), b&w
  • Canon (1964), colour
  • Mosaic / Mosaïques (1965), colour, co-directed by Evelyn Lambart
  • Pas de Deux (1968), b&w
  • Spheres / Sphères (1969), co-directed by René Jodoin
  • Synchromy / Synchromie (1971), colour
  • Ballet Adagio (1972)
  • Animated Motion / Le Mouvement Image par Image (1976-8), documentary series in 5 parts co-directed by Grant Munro, colour
  • Narcissus / Narcisse (1983), colour

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