Directing
Fyodor Khitruk
RU, EN, DE cinema · 112 credits
Born
1 May 1917
Died
3 December 2012 (aged 95)
Birthplace
Tver, Russian Empire
Also known as Фёдор Савельевич Хитрук · Федор Хитрук · Fedor Khitruk · Fyodor Savelyevich Khitruk · Ф. Хитрук
Fyodor Savelyevich Khitruk (Russian: Фёдор Савельевич Хитрук; 1 May 1917 – 3 December 2012; Tver) was a Russian (and Soviet) animator and animation director. Khitruk was born in Tver (Russian Empire), into a Jewish family. He came to Moscow to study graphic design at the OGIS College for Applied Arts. He graduated in 1936 and started to work with "Soyuzmultfilm" in 1938 as an animator. From 1962 onwards, he worked as a director. His first film "Story of One Crime" was an immense success. Today, this film is seen as the beginning of a renaissance of Soviet animation after a two-decade-long life in the shadows of Socialist realism. Diverging from the “naturalistic” Disney-like canons that were reigning in the 1950-60s in Soviet animated cartoons, he created his own style, which was laconic yet multi-level, non-trivial and vivid. He is the director of outstanding animated short films including such classics as his social satire of bureaucrats, "Man in the Frame" (1966); the philosophic parable, "Island" (1973) about the loneliness of a man in modern society; the biographical film "A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters" (1970), based on drawings and letters of young Engels; the parody "Film, Film, Film" (1968); and the anti-war film, "Lion and Bull" (1984). In April 1993, Khitruk and three other leading animators (Yuri Norstein, Andrei Khrzhanovsky, and Eduard Nazarov) founded SHAR Studio, an animation school and studio in Russia. The Russian Cinema Committee is among the share-holders in the studio. In 2008, he released a two-volume book titled "Profession of Animation". He is the grandfather of violin virtuoso Anastasia Khitruk. Khitruk lived in Moscow, where he died in 2012, aged 95.
Known for
Filmography
Searching for the Lost Pochta
as Archive footage
About Me
Animation Director
About the Girl Who Found Her Bear
Animation Director
Neighbours
Animation Director
The Big Leap
Producer
Animated Soviet Propaganda
as Self - Contributor
Аттракцион
1995
Attraction
Art Direction
The Cow
Art Direction
The Lafertovo Poppycake Seller
Creative Director
Wolfy
Art Direction
Кутх и мыши
1985
Kuth and Mice
Art Direction
The Cat in the Cap
Art Direction
Lion and Bull
Director, Writer
Olympians
Director, Screenplay
O Sport, You Are Peace!
Animation Director
One Day Before Our Era
Director, Screenplay, Writer
Ikar and Sages
Screenplay, Director
The Flight of Mr. Mc.Kinley
Animation Director
I Give You a Star
Director, Writer
Island
Screenplay, Animation, Director
The Love of Mankind
Animation
Balance of Fear
Director, Art Direction, Writer
Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day
Director, Writer
Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting
Director, Screenplay
A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters
Writer, Director
Winnie-the-Pooh
Director, Writer
Zigzag of Success
Animation Director
Film, Film, Film
Director, Writer
Othello-67
Director, Screenplay
Man in the Frame
Director, Writer
Boniface's Holiday
Director, Writer
Little Stomper
Director, Writer
Granny's Goat
Animation
Story of One Crime
Director
The Key
Animation
Big Troubles
Animation
Different Wheels
Animation
A Sober Sparrow
Animation
Soon There Will Be Rain
Animation Director
The Tale of Chapayev
Animation
The Boy from Napoli
Animation
The Cat's House
Animation
Familiar Pictures
Animation
Again, Deuce
Animation
Once Upon a Time
Animation
The Snow Queen
Animation
Old Friends
Animation
Adventures of Murzilka
Animation
Girl in the Jungle
Animation
The Twelve Months
Animation
The Enchanted Boy
Animation
Dog and Cat
Animation
An Unusual Match
Animation
A Brave Hare
Animation
The Snowman-Postman
Animation
Stepan the Sailor
Animation
A Hazel Tree Twig
Animation
The Frog Princess
Animation
A Dangerous Prank
Animation
The Orange Neck
Animation
A Goat-Musician
Animation
Magic Store
Animation
Flight to the Moon
Animation
A Naughty Kitten
Animation
Brave Pak
Animation
The Scarlet Flower
Animation
Sarmiko
Animation
Validoob - Fell Oak
Animation
Kashtanka
Animation
Forest Travellers
Animation
The High Hill
Animation
Friends-Comrades
Animation
The Robust
Animation
The Magic Treasure
Animation
Fox the Builder
Animation
The Miraculous Bell
Animation
Geese-Swans
Animation
Ambulance
Animation
A Cuckoo and a Blackbird
Animation
The Magic Carpet
Animation
Little Gray Neck
Animation
The Hunting Rifle
Animation
Bear Cub
Animation
Uncle Stepa
Animation
Fyodor the Hunter
Animation
Ivashko and Baba-Yaga
Animation
