Norman McLaren Movies

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

Norman McLaren made Scherzo early after his arrival in North America in 1939, but the film was subsequently lost. In 1984 the original materials were...

An hand drawn animation of Frogs.

Images supered on a revolving barrel.

Made during WWII

An experimental film in which both sound and visuals were created entirely by Norman McLaren drawing directly upon the film with ordinary pen and...

Taking "Isle of the Dead," a work by the Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin as his starting point, Norman McLaren creates a deeply...

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

Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film.

This cinematic travelogue consists of three parts. In the first part, texts and small maps are our guides through Madrid in 1936. We see pictures of...

The third in a series of five colour films that offer an introduction to the basic techniques of film animation. McLaren explains and demonstrates...

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

Experimental film showing a day's activities at the Glasgow College of Art.

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

An experimental film in which both sound and visuals were created entirely by McLaren drawing directly upon the film with ordinary pen and ink. The...

Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of...

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren and collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

A film fantasy of dancing music and dancing color. Listen to the Mocking Bird played by an oldtime fiddler, brilliant patterns ripple, flow, flicker...