Richard Condie

Richard Condie studied at University of Manitoba and Kelvin High School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is animation. Places of work recorded in the authority are Canada. Employment is recorded with National Film Board of Canada and University of British Columbia. Distinctions recorded are Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

• Name — Richard Condie • Born — 1942 • Birthplace — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Birth Name — Richard Condie • Occupation — * Animator • filmmaker • musician • voice actor • Notable Works — * The Big Snit • Getting Started • La Salla • Pigbird • The Apprentice • Years Active — 1971–present

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Condie moved to Winnipeg at the age of four. There he attended Kelvin High School, graduating in 1961. He received his Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the University of Manitoba in 1967. Prior to entering the animation field, he worked periodic stints as a musician for the Manitoba Theatre Centre and CBC TV from 1964 to 1965. In 1967 Condie moved to Vancouver where he worked as a sociologist at the University of British Columbia. Two years later he returned to Winnipeg and tested out a number of occupations. In 1971 he was awarded the first of two grants from the Canada Council, which he used to produce the animated short film Oh Sure. The film was later purchased by the National Film Board of Canada, with whom Condie was to work extensively. Condie's best known animated work is 1985's The Big Snit, an offbeat parable about marriage, Scrabble, sawing, and nuclear war. The Big Snit was nominated for an Oscar and won the Genie Award for Best Animated Short, along with over a dozen international awards. The Big Snit was also voted as #25 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by animation professionals. Condie co-produced fellow Winnipeg animator Cordell Barker's acclaimed short The Cat Came Back. Condie was also the voice of the main character and sang on the soundtrack. He entered the field of computer animation with his 1996 short La Salla. In 1998 he did some television script writing for Nelvana, then created the television pilot The Ark for the company in 2002. Currently Condie is painting, creating music and working on a series of panel cartoons. Condie's work, featuring the constantly moving - "boiling" - line animation style, has been characterized as "wacky, weird, [and] bizarre." Others have referred to his "raw visual style and insanely honest and humorous character portrayals." University of Manitoba film historian Gene Walz stated that Condie "is an auteur-animator, one with excellent antennae for sensing society's ridiculous foibles and painful vulnerabilities." Condie is a founding member of the Winnipeg Film Group, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the International Animated Film Association.

Throughout his career, Condie collaborated with a very small number of individuals to create his films. He worked closely with musician Patrick Godfrey. Another close collaborator was Condie's sister, Sharon Condie. John Law and the Mississippi Bubble was inspired by Sharon's research; she also wrote the script, did some of the animation and painted backgrounds for the film. She also created the backgrounds for two other of Condie's films, Getting Started (1979) and The Big Snit (1985). Other collaborators included actor (and singer) Jay Brazeau and producers Michael Scott and Ches Yetman.

• Sesame Street (1974–1975) (Director, Writer, TV) • Oh Sure (1977) • John Law and the Mississippi Bubble (1978) • Getting Started (1979) • Pig Bird (1981) • The Big Snit (1985) • Heartland (1987) (IMAX) • Another Government Movie, World Expo 88, Brisbane (1988) (Director) • The Cat Came Back (1988) (Producer; voice actor as Mr. Johnson) • The Apprentice (L'Apprenti) (1991) • Another Government Movie, Seville Expo '92 (1992) (Director) • La Salla (1996) • The Ark (2002) (Creator, Director, Animator, TV series) • Etudes and Impromptus (2003–04) • Runaway (2009) (voice actor as Captain) • Bus Story (2014) (voice actor as Little Kids and Teenager) • Katalog of Flaws (2020) (animator)

• A House on the Prairie (1978) • Day Dream (1979) • The Top Few Inches (1978) • Darts in the Dark: An Introduction to W.O. Mitchell (1980) • W.O. Mitchell: Novelist in Hiding (1980) • Henry Kelsey (1980) • Everyone's Business (1982) • Ocean of Wisdom from CBC's Man Alive (1989)