Fyodor Khitruk
Directing
Born May 1, 1917 in Tver, Russian Empire
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.
Filmography
Searching for the Lost Pochta
Archive footage
Miracle Factory. Animation Director
About Me
Magia Russica
About the Girl Who Found Her Bear
Neighbours
Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 3
Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2
Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 1
The Big Leap
Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood
Dunno on the Moon
Animated Soviet Propaganda
Self - Contributor
The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films
Self
The Cow
Three Novels
Lafertovskaya Makovnitsa
Wolfy
Lion and Bull
The Cat in the Cap
Olympians
O Sport, You Are Peace!
One Day Before Our Era
Ikar and Sages
The Flight of Mr. McKinley
I Give You a Star
Island
The Love of Mankind
Balance of Fear
Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day
Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting
A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters
Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie-the-Pooh
Zigzag of Success
Film, Film, Film
Othello-67
Man in the Frame
The Tale of the Tsarevich and the Three Healers
Boniface's Holiday
Little Stomper
Story of One Crime
Granny's Goat
Big Troubles
The Key
A Sober Sparrow
It Was I Who Drew the Little Man
Different Wheels
Murzilka on the Satellite
The Adventures of Buratino
Soon There Will Be Rain
At Exactly Three Fifteen ...
The Boy from Napoli
The Tale of Chapayev
The Secret of the Far Away Island
Petia and Little Red Riding Hood
The Cat's House
The Snow Queen
Familiar Pictures
Once Upon a Time
Again, Deuce
The Twelve Months
Old Friends
Adventures of Murzilka
Girl in the Jungle
The Enchanted Boy
An Unusual Match
What Kind of Bird Is This?
Dog and Cat
Stepan the Sailor
A Hazel Tree Twig
A Brave Hare
The Snowman-Postman
The Frog Princess
An Arrow Flies Into a Fairy Tale
A Dangerous Prank
The Orange Neck
On the Forest Stage
A Goat-Musician
A Naughty Kitten
Magic Store
Flight to the Moon
Brave Pak
The Crow and the Fox, the Cuckoo and the Rooster
The Scarlet Flower
Kashtanka
Sarmiko
Validoob - Fell Oak
The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights
The Night Before Christmas
The High Hill
Friends-Comrades
Forest Travellers
When Christmas Trees Light Up
Fox the Builder
The Robust
The Magic Treasure
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish
Geese-Swans
The Miraculous Bell
Ambulance
The Lion and the Hare
A Cuckoo and a Blackbird
The Hunting Rifle
The Magic Carpet
The Flower with Seven Colours
Little Gray Neck
Favourite Characters
Bear Cub
The Friends from Taiga
Uncle Stepa
Fyodor the Hunter
Tale of the Good Umar
Ivashko and Baba-Yaga