Norman McLaren

Canadian filmmaker

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animated films
- In animation: Animation in Europe
  …on the Scottish design student Norman McLaren, who began experimenting with cameraless films—with designs drawn directly on celluloid—as early as 1933 (Seven Till Five). A restless and brilliant researcher, he went to work for John Grierson at the celebrated General Post Office (GPO) Film Unit in London and followed Grierson…
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pixilation process
- In motion-picture technology: Noncellular animation
  … used by the Canadian filmmaker Norman McLaren in his short film Neighbors (1952), which makes human beings look like automatons.
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