Fyodor Khitruk
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.
Fotos
Películas (112)
Searching for the Lost Pochta
2014 · Archive footage
Riding on a Broomstick
2011 · Screenplay
Miracle Factory. Animation Director
2005
About Me
2005 · Animation Director
Magia Russica
2004
About the Girl Who Found Her Bear
2002 · Animation Director
Neighbours
2002 · Animation Director
The Big Leap
1998 · Producer
Animated Soviet Propaganda
1997 · Self - Contributor
The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films
1997 · Self
Attraction
1995 · Art Direction
The Cow
1989 · Art Direction
Three Novels
1986 · Writer
The Lafertovo Poppycake Seller
1986 · Creative Director
Kuth and Mice
1985 · Art Direction
Wolfy
1985 · Art Direction
Lion and Bull
1984 · Director, Writer
The Cat in the Cap
1984 · Art Direction
Olympians
1982 · Director, Screenplay
O Sport, You Are Peace!
1981 · Animation Director
One Day Before Our Era
1977 · Director, Screenplay, Writer
Ikar and Sages
1976 · Screenplay, Director
The Flight of Mr. Mc.Kinley
1975 · Animation Director
I Give You a Star
1974 · Director, Writer
Island
1973 · Screenplay, Animation, Director
The Love of Mankind
1973 · Animation
Balance of Fear
1973 · Director, Art Direction, Writer
Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day
1972 · Director, Writer
Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting
1971 · Director, Screenplay
A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters
1970 · Director, Writer
Winnie-the-Pooh
1969 · Director, Writer
Zigzag of Success
1968 · Animation Director
Film, Film, Film
1968 · Director, Writer
Othello-67
1967 · Director, Screenplay
Man in the Frame
1966 · Director, Writer
The Tale of the Tsarevich and the Three Healers
1965 · Screenplay
Boniface's Holiday
1965 · Director, Writer
Little Stomper
1964 · Director, Writer
Story of One Crime
1963 · Director
Granny's Goat
1963 · Animation
Family Chronicle
1961 · Animation
Big Troubles
1961 · Animation
The Key
1961 · Animation
A Sober Sparrow
1960 · Animation
It Was I Who Drew the Little Man
1960 · Animation
Different Wheels
1960 · Animation
Murzilka on the Satellite
1960 · Animation
The Adventures of Buratino
1959 · Animation
Soon There Will Be Rain
1959 · Animation Director
At Exactly Three Fifteen ...
1959 · Animation
The Boy from Napoli
1958 · Animation
The Tale of Chapayev
1958 · Animation
The Secret of the Far Away Island
1958 · Animation
Petia and Little Red Riding Hood
1958 · Animation
The Cat's House
1958 · Animation
The Snow Queen
1957 · Animation
Familiar Pictures
1957 · Animation
Once Upon a Time
1957 · Animation
Again, Deuce
1957 · Animation
The Twelve Months
1956 · Animation
Old Friends
1956 · Animation
Adventures of Murzilka
1956 · Animation
Girl in the Jungle
1956 · Animation
The Enchanted Boy
1955 · Animation
An Unusual Match
1955 · Animation
What Kind of Bird Is This?
1955 · Animation
Dog and Cat
1955 · Animation
Stepan the Sailor
1955 · Animation
A Hazel Tree Twig
1955 · Animation
A Brave Hare
1955 · Animation
The Snowman-Postman
1955 · Animation
The Frog Princess
1954 · Animation
An Arrow Flies Into a Fairy Tale
1954 · Animation
The Orange Neck
1954 · Animation
A Dangerous Prank
1954 · Animation
On the Forest Stage
1954 · Animation
A Goat-Musician
1954 · Animation
A Naughty Kitten
1953 · Animation
Magic Store
1953 · Animation
Flight to the Moon
1953 · Animation
Brave Pak
1953 · Animation
The Crow and the Fox, the Cuckoo and the Rooster
1953 · Animation
The Scarlet Flower
1952 · Animation
Kashtanka
1952 · Animation
Sarmiko
1952 · Animation
Validoob - Fell Oak
1952 · Animation
The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights
1951 · Animation
The Night Before Christmas
1951 · Animation
The High Hill
1951 · Animation
Friends-Comrades
1951 · Animation
Forest Travellers
1951 · Animation
Fox the Builder
1950 · Animation
When Christmas Trees Light Up
1950 · Animation
The Robust
1950 · Animation
The Magic Treasure
1950 · Animation
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish
1950 · Animation
Geese-Swans
1949 · Animation
The Miraculous Bell
1949 · Animation
Ambulance
1949 · Animation
The Lion and the Hare
1949 · Animation
A Cuckoo and a Blackbird
1949 · Animation
The Hunting Rifle
1948 · Animation
The Flower with Seven Colours
1948 · Animation
The Magic Carpet
1948 · Animation
Little Gray Neck
1948 · Animation
Favourite Characters
1940 · Animation
Bear Cub
1940 · Animation
The Friends from Taiga
1939 · Animation
Uncle Stepa
1939 · Animation
Fyodor the Hunter
1938 · Animation
Tale of the Good Umar
1938 · Animation
Ivashko and Baba-Yaga
1938 · Animation
