FK
Fyodor Khitruk
Writer, Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Born May 1, 1917Died December 3, 2012 (95 years)
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.
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
Fyodor Khitruk Filmography
| 1986 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1982 | Olympians · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | |
| 1973 | Island · as Screenplay |
| 1973 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 |
| 1984 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 |
| 1997 | Dunno on the Moon · as Consulting Producer |
| 1997 | Dunno on the Moon (TV Series) · as Consulting Producer |
| 2002 | Pro devochku, kotoraya nashla svoego mishku · as Supervising Director |
| 2002 | Pro devochku, kotoraya nashla svoego mishku · as Animation Director |
| 1998 | Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood (TV Series) · as Animation |
| 1989 | The Cow · as Art Direction |
| 1983 | Volchok · as Art Direction |
| 1981 | O Sport, You Are Peace! · as Animation Director |
| 1975 | Begstvo mistera Mak-Kinli · as Animation Director |
| 1973 | Island · as Animation |
| 1973 | Lyubit cheloveka · as Animation Director |
| 1973 | Balance of Truth · as Art Direction |
| 1968 | Zigzag of Luck · as Animation Director |
| 1963 | Granny's Goat · as Animation |
| 1962 | Big Troubles · as Animation |
| 1961 | The Key · as Animation |
| 1960 | A Sober Sparrow · as Animation |
| 1960 | It Was I Who Drew the Little Man · as Animation |
| 1960 | Different Wheels · as Animation |
| 1960 | The Adventures of Buratino · as Animation |
| 1960 | Murzilka on the Satellite · as Animation |
| 1959 | Soon There Will Be Rain · as Animation Director |
| 1958 | The Boy from Napoli · as Animation |
| 1958 | The Secret of the Far Away Island · as Animation |
| 1958 | Petia and Little Red Riding Hood · as Animation |
| 1958 | The Cat's House · as Animation |
| 1958 | Once Upon a Time · as Animation |
| 1957 | The Snow Queen · as Animation |
| 1957 | Familiar Pictures · as Animation |
| 1957 | A Bad Grade Again · as Animation |
| 1956 | Old Friends · as Animation |
| 1956 | Adventures of Murzilka · as Animation |
| 1956 | The Twelve Months · as Animation |
| 1955 | The Bewitched Boy · as Animation |
| 1955 | An Unusual Match · as Animation |
| 1955 | What Kind of Bird Is This? · as Animation |
| 1955 | Stepa the Sailor · as Animation |
| 1955 | The Dog and the Cat · as Animation |
| 1955 | A Hazel Tree Twig · as Animation |
| 1955 | The Snowman-Postman · as Animation |
| 1955 | A Brave Hare · as Animation |
| 1954 | An Arrow Flies Into a Fairy Tale · as Animation |
| 1954 | The Orange Neck · as Animation |
| 1953 | A Naughty Kitten · as Animation |
| 1953 | Magic Store · as Animation |
| 1953 | Flight to the Moon · as Animation |
| 1953 | Brave Pak · as Animation |
| 1953 | The Crow and the Fox, the Cuckoo and the Rooster · as Animation |
| 1952 | The Scarlet Flower · as Animation |
| 1952 | Kashtanka · as Animation |
| 1952 | Sarmiko · as Animation |
| 1952 | Validoob - Fell Oak · as Animation |
| 1951 | Friends - Comrades · as Animation |
| 1951 | A High Hill · as Animation |
| 1951 | The Night Before Christmas · as Animation |
| 1951 | The Tale About the Dead Princess and Seven Strong Men · as Animation |
| 1951 | Forest Travellers · as Animation |
| 1950 | When Christmas Trees Light Up · as Animation |
| 1950 | Fox the Builder · as Animation |
| 1950 | The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish · as Animation |
| 1950 | The Robust · as Animation |
| 1949 | Geese-Swans · as Animation |
| 1949 | A Little Wonderbell · as Animation |
| 1949 | The Lion and the Hare · as Animation |
| 1949 | A Cuckoo and a Blackbird · as Animation |
| 1948 | The Hunting Rifle · as Animation |
| 1948 | Little Gray Neck · as Animation |
| 1948 | The Flower with Seven Colors · as Animation |
| 1940 | Bear Cub · as Animation |
| 1939 | Dyadya Styopa · as Animation |