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Norman McLaren Animator

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Scotland
  • Born: Apr 11, 1914
  • Died: Jan 27, 1987

Norman McLaren, CC, CQ was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada. 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 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.

Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn. art

I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas. relationships

St. Patrick's Day March 17, 2025

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3 wisdom & wit from John Millington Synge

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28 wisdom & wit from William Butler Yeats

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