Norman McLaren
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Norman McLaren, CC, CQ (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director 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 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.
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Ballet Adagio (1972)
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Opening Speech (1969)
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Pas de Deux (1968)
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Pinscreen (1973)
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Neighbours (1952)
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Spheres (1969)
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Mosaic (1965)
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Blackbird (1958)
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Canon (1964)
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Pen Point Percussion (1951)
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Around Is Around (1951)
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A Chairy Tale (1957)
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5 for 4 (1942)
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Synchromy (1971)
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Alouette (1944)
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Mail Early (1941)
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Spook Sport (1940)
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Dollar Dance (1943)
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Blinkity Blank (1955)
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Mail Early for Christmas (1959)
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A Phantasy (1952)
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Animated Motion: Part 1 (1976)
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Scherzo (1939)
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Mony a Pickle (1938)
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Allegro (1939)
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Blurr Test (2006)
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Rock the Boat (1944)
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Chants populaires nº 5 (1943)
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Two Bagatelles (1953)
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Fiddle De-Dee (1947)
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Leapfrog (1949)
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Begone Dull Care (1949)
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Polychrome Fantasy (1935)
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V for Victory (1941)
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The Corridor (1950)
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Barrel Zoom (1943)
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Keep Your Mouth Shut (1944)
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Hen Hop (1942)
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Animated Motion: Part 2 (1977)
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Animated Motion: Part 3 (1977)
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Animated Motion: Part 4 (1977)
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Animated Motion: Part 5 (1978)
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Serenal (1959)
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New York Lightboard Record (1961)
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Six and Seven-Eighths (2003)
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Pen Drawings (2006)
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A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949 (1949)
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A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting (1946)
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The Seasons (2006)
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New York Lightboard (1961)
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McLaren Homemovie (1936)
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Test A for Synchromy (1960)
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Boogie-Doodle (1941)
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Love on the Wing (1939)
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The Flicker Film (1961)
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Snakes (1943)
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Doors (1959)
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Little Negro (2006)
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The Seasons (1950)
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7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings (1933)
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La poulette grise (1947)
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Dots (1940)
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Hoppity Pop (1946)
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McLaren in Ottawa (1949)
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Chaplin Test (2006)
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Birdlings (2006)
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Test B For Synchromy (1960)
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Colour Flicker (1948)
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Loops (1940)
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Up There in the Mountains (1946)
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Pas de deux 5 (1950)
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Now Is the Time (1951)
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Chants populaires nº 6 (1946)
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Book Bargain (1937)
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Out-of-Focus Cloudscape (2006)
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News for the Navy (1937)
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On the Farm (2003)
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Stars and Stripes (1939)
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McLaren at Play (2006)
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NBC Valentine Greeting (1940)
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Christmas Cracker (1963)
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Hell Unltd (1936)
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Lines: Vertical (1960)
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The Obedient Flame (1939)
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Lines: Horizontal (1962)
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The Hypnosis Film (2006)
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Narcissus (1983)
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Seven Surprizes (1963)
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Tanguy Landscape Test (2006)
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Surrealistic Hand Drawing (2006)
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Dots and Loops (1948)
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Short and Suite (1959)
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Camera Makes Whoopee (1935)
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The Head Test (1944)
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Rythmetic (1956)
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