FILM DIRECTOR

Norman McLaren

1914 - 1987

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William Norman McLaren, LL. D. (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. McLaren was also an artist and printmaker, and explored his interest in dance in his films. His films garnered numerous awards, including one Oscar, one Palme d'Or, three BAFTA Awards and six Venice Film Festival awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norman McLaren is the 753rd most popular film director (down from 590th in 2019), the 2,997th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,200th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Norman McLaren ranks 753 out of 2,041. Before him are Peter Stein, Phillip Noyce, Clyde Geronimi, Chris Carter, Matthew Vaughn, and Vojtěch Jasný. After him are Jean-Pierre Mocky, František Vláčil, Allan Dwan, Sergio Martino, Paul Greengrass, and Bruno Mattei.

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Among people born in 1914, Norman McLaren ranks 226. Before him are Viktor Grishin, Dobri Dobrev, Orhan Veli Kanık, B. R. Chopra, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, and Christl Cranz. After him are Luis Mariano, Robert Herman, Jacques Dufilho, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Walston, and Jersey Joe Walcott. Among people deceased in 1987, Norman McLaren ranks 136. Before him are Vladimir Basov, Georg Muche, Aldo Boffi, Ivo Lapenna, Arkady Raikin, and Charles Malik. After him are Viktor Nekrasov, Gilberto Freyre, Kristjan Palusalu, Jaroslav Bouček, Gerald Moore, and Gustav Knuth.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Norman McLaren ranks 2,998 out of 8,785. Before him are Dora Boothby (1881), Jack Taylor (1930), James Nasmyth (1808), Matthew Vaughn (1971), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), and Tim McInnerny (1956). After him are Eleanor of Scotland (1433), Maryam d'Abo (1960), Ellen Terry (1847), Samuel Clarke (1675), Anthony Dawson (1916), and Peter Mayle (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Norman McLaren ranks 57. Before him are Sally Potter (1949), James Whale (1889), Andrew Birkin (1945), John Glen (1932), Terence Fisher (1904), and Matthew Vaughn (1971). After him are Paul Greengrass (1955), Gareth Edwards (1975), Laura Mulvey (1941), Edmund Goulding (1891), Jonathan Glazer (1965), and Richard Marquand (1937).

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