Creative Process: Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of styles and techniques, collecting over 200 international awards, and world recognition. In Creative Process, director Donald McWilliams demystifies the process of artistic creation. Drawing on McLaren's private film vaults, a gold mine of experimental footage and uncompleted films, McWilliams explores McLaren's methods, including his celebrated "pixillation" technique, and his daring forays into animated surrealism.

Norman McLaren

Self (archive footage)

John Grierson

Self

Grant Munro

Self

Gavin Millar

Self - Interviewer (archive footage)

Susan Huycke

(voice)

• Donald McWilliamsDirector · Editor
• Claude DionneDirector
• Susan HuyckeWriter
• David VerrallProducer
• Douglas MacdonaldExecutive Producer
• Jacques AvoineDirector of Photography
• Jacques LeducDirector of Photography
• Pierre LetarteDirector of Photography
• Robin L.P. BainDirector of Photography
• Pierre LandryDirector of Photography

Release date

January 1, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 57m

Genres

Documentary