Film Director

Norman McLaren

Scottish Canadian animator

1914 - 1987

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Norman McLaren

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Norman McLaren is the 758th most popular film director (down from 593rd in 2024), the 3,005th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,199th in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Film Director.

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Norman McLaren is the most memorable of the 11 notable people born in Stirling, United Kingdom, ahead of Billy Bremner, Chris Sawyer, and Gary Gillespie.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Norman McLaren ranks 758 out of 2,296. Before him are Peter Stein, Phillip Noyce, Clyde Geronimi, Chris Carter, Matthew Vaughn, and Vojtěch Jasný. After him are Jean-Pierre Mocky, František Vláčil, Allan Dwan, Sergio Martino, Paul Greengrass, and Bruno Mattei.

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Peter Stein
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 752
Phillip Noyce
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 753
Clyde Geronimi
1901 - 1989
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 754
Chris Carter
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 755
Matthew Vaughn
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 756
Vojtěch Jasný
1925 - 2019
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 757
Norman McLaren
1914 - 1987
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 758
Jean-Pierre Mocky
1933 - 2019
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 759
František Vláčil
1924 - 1999
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 760
Allan Dwan
1885 - 1981
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 761
Sergio Martino
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 762
Paul Greengrass
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 763
Bruno Mattei
1931 - 2007
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 764

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Norman McLaren ranks 226. Before him are Viktor Grishin, Dobri Dobrev, Orhan Veli Kanık, B. R. Chopra, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, and Christl Cranz. After him are Luis Mariano, Robert Herman, Jacques Dufilho, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Walston, and Jersey Joe Walcott. Among people deceased in 1987, Norman McLaren ranks 137. Before him are Vladimir Basov, Georg Muche, Aldo Boffi, Ivo Lapenna, Arkady Raikin, and Charles Malik. After him are Viktor Nekrasov, Gilberto Freyre, Kristjan Palusalu, Jaroslav Bouček, Gerald Moore, and Gustav Knuth.

Others Born in 1914

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Viktor Grishin
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1992
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 220
Dobri Dobrev
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1914 - 2018
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 221
Orhan Veli Kanık
WRITER
1914 - 1950
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 222
B. R. Chopra
FILM DIRECTOR
1914 - 2008
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 223
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
WRITER
1914 - 1981
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 224
Christl Cranz
SKIER
1914 - 2004
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 225
Norman McLaren
FILM DIRECTOR
1914 - 1987
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 226
Luis Mariano
ACTOR
1914 - 1970
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 227
Robert Herman
ASTRONOMER
1914 - 1997
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 228
Jacques Dufilho
ACTOR
1914 - 2005
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 229
Dorothy Lamour
ACTOR
1914 - 1996
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 230
Ray Walston
ACTOR
1914 - 2001
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 231
Jersey Joe Walcott
BOXER
1914 - 1994
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 232