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): Adélaïde Labille-Guiard • Bernd Eichinger • Charles Hallé • Col Firmin • Franck Ducheix • Ivane Javakhishvili • Jim Hearn • John I of Portugal • Patrick Sang • Tony Brown (journalist) • Victor Bouchard
Born in the same month (April 1914): Alec Guinness • Angelo Savoldi • B. R. Chopra • Claire Martin (writer) • Dorival Caymmi • Jack Badcock • James Rouse • Jan de Hartog • John Hodiak • Mac Raboy • Michael Wittmann