Ryan Larkin (born July 31, 1943 in Montreal) is a Canadian animator who rose to fame with the psychedelic 1969 Oscar-nominated short Walking and successive follow up, Street Musique (1972). He contributed art work and animation effects to the 1974 feature film Running Time, directed by Mort Ransen, in which Ryan also played three bit parts. Prior to Walking, he had made two other short animated films (Cityscape and Syrinx) and had worked on various public works projects developed at the National Film Board of Canada. His own films won many international awards including an Oscar nomination in 1967.
He attended the Art School of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Museum of Fine Art) before working at the National Film Board of Canada from the early 1960s until 1978.
In his early life, Ryan’s father was abusive to the whole family, probably because of his alcoholism. This in turn led to Ryan being quite shy, which was worsened by the death of his older brother.
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