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13 Facts About Richard Condie

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Richard Condie, was born on 1942 and is a Canadian animator, filmmaker, musician and voice actor.

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Richard Condie received his Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the University of Manitoba in 1967.

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In 1967 Richard Condie moved to Vancouver where he worked as a sociologist at the University of British Columbia.

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The film was later purchased by the National Film Board of Canada, with whom Richard Condie was to work extensively.

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Richard Condie's best known animated work is 1985's The Big Snit, an offbeat parable about marriage, Scrabble, sawing, and nuclear war.

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Richard Condie co-produced fellow Winnipeg animator Cordell Barker's acclaimed short The Cat Came Back.

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Richard Condie was the voice of the main character and sang on the soundtrack.

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Richard Condie entered the field of computer animation with his 1996 short La Salla.

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Currently Richard Condie is painting, creating music and working on a series of panel cartoons.

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Richard 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.

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Richard Condie created the backgrounds for two other of Condie's films, Getting Started and The Big Snit.

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Richard Condie won six international awards for Getting Started in 1979.

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In total Richard Condie has won over 40 international and Canadian awards for his films.