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): Ashot Danielyan • Bret Saberhagen • Cerys Matthews • Chris Burden • Francis Lickerish • Hattie Gossett • Hugh Massie • Ivane Javakhishvili • Jeremy Clarkson • John Krebs, Baron Krebs • John Milius • Lisa Stansfield • Macedonio Melloni • Malcolm Christie • Manuel Ugarte (footballer) • Marta Breen • Nobuaki Kakuda • Oleg Cassini • Paul Douglas (actor) • Pierre Péladeau • Viola Liuzzo • Walter Krüger (athlete) • Wayne Wigham

Born in the same month (April 1914): Angelo Savoldi • Armen Alchian • B. R. Chopra • Charles Beetham • Claire Martin (writer) • David Goodall (botanist) • Dorival Caymmi • George Davis (art director) • Jack Badcock • James Rouse • John Hodiak • José Quiñones Gonzales • Justin Wilson (chef) • Marguerite Duras • María Félix • Michael Wittmann • Michel Mohrt • Phil Watson • Sam Manekshaw