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): Abdullah Atalar • Chris Burden • Christopher Smart • Hattie Gossett • Jason Varitek • John Krebs, Baron Krebs • Keiji Tamada • Kelli Garner • Lev Bulat • William Royer • Zahid Maleque
Born in the same month (April 1914): Alec Guinness • B. R. Chopra • Claire Martin (writer) • David Goodall (botanist) • Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou • Dorival Caymmi • Dorothy Lewis Bernstein • María Félix • Michael Wittmann • Orhan Veli Kanık • Robert Stanfield • Sam Manekshaw