Norman McLaren
William Norman McLaren, LL. D. 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.
11 April 1914
Born on the same birth date (11 April 1914): Dorothy Lewis Bernstein • Robert Stanfield
Born on the same birth day (11 April): Ana MarĂa Polo • Bernd Eichinger • David Jassy • Edward Everett • Eleni Tsaligopoulou • Elizabeth Smylie • Ferdinand Lassalle • George I, Duke of Pomerania • Hattie Gossett • Ivane Javakhishvili • Joel Grey • John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich • Masaru Ibuka • Michael Deaver • Steve Azar • Viktor Masing
Born in the same month (April 1914): Angelo Savoldi • Armen Alchian • B. R. Chopra • Betty Lou Gerson • Claire Martin (writer) • Dorival Caymmi • Dorothy Lewis Bernstein • Felice Borel • George Davis (art director) • Jack Badcock • James Rouse • John Hodiak • Michel Mohrt • Ralph Flanagan • Ray Getliffe • Richard Coogan • Ross Lockridge Jr. • Sam Manekshaw