# Richard Condie > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Condie > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Condie.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Condie > Source revision: 1357198107 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Canadian film animator For the Mormon musician, see [Richard P. Condie](/source/Richard_P._Condie). For the Anglican bishop, see [Richard Condie (bishop)](/source/Richard_Condie_(bishop)). Richard Condie Born Richard Condie 1942 (age 83–84) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Occupations Animator filmmaker musician voice actor Years active 1971–present Notable work The Big Snit Getting Started La Salla Pigbird The Apprentice **Richard Condie**, [RCA](/source/Royal_Canadian_Academy_of_Arts) (born 1942) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) animator, filmmaker, musician and voice actor. Condie is best known for his 1985 animated short *[The Big Snit](/source/The_Big_Snit)* at the [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) and has won six international awards for *Getting Started* in 1979. Condie lives and works in [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba). ## Education and career Born in [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Condie moved to [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg) at the age of four. There he attended [Kelvin High School](/source/Kelvin_High_School), graduating in 1961. He received his Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the [University of Manitoba](/source/University_of_Manitoba) in 1967. Prior to entering the animation field, he worked periodic stints as a musician for the [Manitoba Theatre Centre](/source/Manitoba_Theatre_Centre) and [CBC TV](/source/CBC_Television) from 1964 to 1965. In 1967 Condie moved to Vancouver where he worked as a [sociologist](/source/Sociology) at the [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia). Two years later he returned to Winnipeg and tested out a number of occupations.[1] In 1971 he was awarded the first of two grants from the [Canada Council](/source/Canada_Council), which he used to produce the animated short film *Oh Sure*.[2] The film was later purchased by the [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada), with whom Condie was to work extensively.[3] Condie's best known animated work is 1985's *[The Big Snit](/source/The_Big_Snit)*, an offbeat parable about marriage, [Scrabble](/source/Scrabble), sawing, and nuclear war.[4] *The Big Snit* was nominated for an [Oscar](/source/Academy_Award) and won the [Genie Award for Best Animated Short](/source/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](/source/50_Greatest_Cartoons) of all time by animation professionals.[5] Condie co-produced fellow Winnipeg animator [Cordell Barker](/source/Cordell_Barker)'s acclaimed short *[The Cat Came Back](/source/The_Cat_Came_Back_(Cartoon))*. 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](/source/La_Salla)*. In 1998 he did some television script writing for [Nelvana](/source/Nelvana), then created the television pilot *The Ark* for the company in 2002.[6] 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."[6] Others have referred to his "raw visual style and insanely honest and humorous character portrayals."[3] 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."[7] Condie is a founding member of the [Winnipeg Film Group](/source/Winnipeg_Film_Group), and a member of the [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences](/source/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences), the [Royal Canadian Academy of Arts](/source/Royal_Canadian_Academy_of_Arts) and the [International Animated Film Association](/source/International_Animated_Film_Association).[2] ## Collaborators Throughout his career, Condie collaborated with a very small number of individuals to create his films. He worked closely with musician Patrick Godfrey.[8] 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.[9] She also created the backgrounds for two other of Condie's films, *Getting Started* (1979) and *The Big Snit* (1985).[10] Other collaborators included actor (and singer) [Jay Brazeau](/source/Jay_Brazeau) and producers Michael Scott and Ches Yetman.[11] ## Awards and legacy Richard Condie won six international awards for *[Getting Started](/source/Getting_Started)* in 1979. The film received awards at Kraków, Zagreb, Tampere (Finland), and was named best animated film at the [Genie Awards](/source/Genie_Awards). *Pig Bird*, released in 1981 also won five international awards, including recognition at Zagreb for best educational film. In all, *The Big Snit* garnered a total of 16 prizes including: The International Film Critics' Prize at the 15th [Annecy International Animated Film Festival](/source/Annecy_International_Animated_Film_Festival); Best Short Film Award at the Montreal World Film Festival; the Hiroshima prize, Japan 1985; A Silver Plaque at the 21st Chicago International Film Festival; and the Best Animation Film at the XVI Tampere International Short Film Festival. It was also included in the [Animation Show of Shows](/source/Animation_show_of_shows). Following the enormous success of *The Big Snit*, Condie released *The Apprentice/L'Apprenti* in 1991. The film won awards in Chicago in 1992 and Winnipeg in 1993. Condie's last animation, *La Salla*, won nine awards, including ones from Winnipeg (1996), Vancouver (1996), Chicago (1997) and Jerusalem (1998). *La Salla* was also nominated for an Oscar. In total Condie has won over 40 international and Canadian awards for his films. [11] In addition to Condie's many awards, his films have been featured in over 100 exhibitions and major retrospectives all over the world. These have taken place in such widely diverse locations as Berkeley, California (1980), New Delhi, India (1981), London, England (1985), Kraków, Poland (1986), Espinho, Portugal (1991), and Brussels, Belgium (1998).[1] In 2005 Condie donated drawings, animation cels, backgrounds, layouts, dope sheets, award notifications, exhibition programs, digitized photographs, as well as publication and periodical information related to a number of his films to the [University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections](/source/University_of_Manitoba_Archives_%26_Special_Collections).[12] Approximately 100 painted cels as well as two backgrounds created by Sharon Condie for the film *The Big Snit* were acquired by the University of Manitoba Libraries and deposited in the Archives in 2006.[2] ## Selected filmography - *[Sesame Street](/source/Sesame_Street)* (1974–1975) (Director, Writer, TV) - [*Oh Sure* (1977)](http://www.nfb.ca/film/oh_sure/) - [*John Law and the Mississippi Bubble* (1978)](http://www.nfb.ca/film/john_law_and_the_mississippi_bubble/) - *[Getting Started](/source/Getting_Started)* (1979) - *[Pig Bird](/source/Pigbird)* (1981) - [*The Big Snit* (1985)](/source/The_Big_Snit) - *Heartland* (1987) (IMAX) - *Another Government Movie*, [World Expo 88](/source/World_Expo_88), Brisbane (1988) (Director) - *[The Cat Came Back](/source/The_Cat_Came_Back_(1988_film))* (1988) (Producer; voice actor as Mr. Johnson) - *[The Apprentice](/source/The_Apprentice_(1991_film)) (L'Apprenti)* (1991) - *Another Government Movie*, [Seville Expo '92](/source/Seville_Expo_'92) (1992) (Director) - [*La Salla* (1996)](http://www.nfb.ca/film/La_Salla/) - *[The Ark](http://www.nelvana.com/show/144/ark/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200804115241/http://www.nelvana.com/show/144/ark/) 2020-08-04 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)* (2002) (Creator, Director, Animator, TV series) - *Etudes and Impromptus* (2003–04) - *[Runaway](/source/Runaway_(2009_film))* (2009) (voice actor as Captain) - *Bus Story* (2014) (voice actor as Little Kids and Teenager) ## Music - *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) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-UofMCondie_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-UofMCondie_1-1) University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Richard Condie fonds, A05-93, "Biographical Information." 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Condiefonds_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Condiefonds_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Condiefonds_2-2) [""Richard Condie fonds""](https://web.archive.org/web/20120222043251/http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections/rad/condie_r.html). Archived from [the original](http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections/rad/condie_r.html) on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-awnbio_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-awnbio_3-1) [""Richard Condie Biography""](https://web.archive.org/web/20130602045658/http://www.awn.com/condie/bio.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.awn.com/condie/bio.html) on 2013-06-02. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [The 100 Most Influential Sequences in Animation History - Vulture](https://www.vulture.com/article/most-influential-best-scenes-animation-history.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** National Film Board. *The Big Snit.* 1985; [\[1\]](http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/50greatest.html#50greatest) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20050930200821/http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/50greatest.html) 2005-09-30 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) [Beck, Jerry](/source/Jerry_Beck). *[The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals](/source/50_Greatest_Cartoons)*. Atlanta: Turner Publishing, 1994. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-878685-49-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-878685-49-X)] 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-filmreflibrary_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-filmreflibrary_6-1) ["Richard Condie"](http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=14&navid=46) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080423072618/http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=14&navid=46) 2008-04-23 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [""Richard Condie""](https://web.archive.org/web/20110111031055/http://umanitoba.ca/schools/art/galleryoneoneone/condie_walz.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.umanitoba.ca/schools/art/galleryoneoneone/condie_walz.html) on 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Patrick Godfrey, Animations.](https://www.apparitionmusic.com/animations.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Ohayon_9-0)** Ohayon, Albert. ["John Law and the Mississippi Bubble: The Madness of Crowds"](https://blog.nfb.ca/2011/06/22/john-law-and-the-mississippi-bubble-the-madness-of-crowds/). *NFB.ca Blog*. [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada). Retrieved 22 June 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** National Film Board, *Getting Started*, 1979; *The Big Snit*, 1985. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sweeneycondie_11-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sweeneycondie_11-1) [""Richard Condie""](https://web.archive.org/web/20110111031231/http://umanitoba.ca/schools/art/galleryoneoneone/sweeney.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.umanitoba.ca/schools/art/galleryoneoneone/sweeney.html) on 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Walker, Morley. "The Big Gift." *Winnipeg Free Press*, February 7, 2008. ## External links - [Richard Condie's Home Page](http://www.awn.com/condie/index.html) - [Watch Richard Condie films at NFB.ca](http://www.nfb.ca/explore-by/director/Richard-Condie/) - [Canadian Film Encyclopedia](http://filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=14&navid=87) A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group - [Richard Condie](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174345/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Bio of Condie](https://web.archive.org/web/20080423072618/http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=14&navid=46) - ["The Big Snit - Official Fanclub"](https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9202404867&ref=ts&nctrct=1239221412312) on [Facebook](/source/Facebook) - ["Richard Condie fonds"](http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections/complete_holdings/ead/html/condie_r_11.shtml) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160330070202/http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections/complete_holdings/ead/html/condie_r_11.shtml) 2016-03-30 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) A description of Richard Condie's archives held by the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections - *[Richard Condie: Aarrgg!!](https://www.umanitoba.ca/schools/art/content/galleryoneoneone/condie.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161128212220/https://www.umanitoba.ca/schools/art/content/galleryoneoneone/condie.html) 2016-11-28 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)* An exhibition of works by Richard Condie at Gallery One One One at the University of Manitoba Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST WorldCat National United States France BnF data Czech Republic Netherlands Artists Grammy Awards Other SNAC Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Richard Condie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Condie) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Condie?action=history)). 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