Fyodor Khitruk

Person Details

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Aliases: Фёдор Савельевич Хитрук , Федор Хитрук , Fedor Khitruk , Fyodor Savelyevich Khitruk , Ф. Хитрук

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Tver, Russian Empire

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Movie Involvements: 138

TV Involvements: 2

Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2014	Archive footage	Searching for the Lost Pochta 2014-12-09 Movie
2005	N/A	Miracle Factory. Animation Director 2005-05-01 Movie
2004	N/A	Magia Russica 2004-10-05 Movie
1997	Self - Contributor	Animated Soviet Propaganda 1997-06-15 Movie
	Self	The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films 1997-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2011	Screenplay	Riding on a Broomstick 2011-05-06 Movie
2000	Screenplay	Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2 2000-05-16 Movie
	Screenplay	Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 1 2000-04-01 Movie
1986	Writer	Three Novels 1986-09-07 Movie
1984	Writer	Lion and Bull 1984-08-01 Movie
1982	Screenplay	Olympians 1982-02-09 Movie
1977	Screenplay	One Day Before Our Era 1977-01-01 Movie
	Writer	One Day Before Our Era 1977-01-01 Movie
1976	Screenplay	Ikar and Sages 1976-01-01 Movie
1974	Writer	I Give you a Star 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Screenplay	Island 1973-04-23 Movie
	Writer	Balance of Fear 1973-01-01 Movie
1972	Writer	Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day 1972-07-13 Movie
1971	Screenplay	Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting 1971-07-10 Movie
1970	Writer	A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters 1970-11-06 Movie
1969	Writer	Winnie-the-Pooh 1969-01-01 Movie
1968	Writer	Film, Film, Film 1968-01-01 Movie
1967	Screenplay	Othello-67 1967-05-04 Movie
1966	Writer	Man in the Frame 1966-01-01 Movie
1965	Screenplay	The Tale of the Tsarevich and the Three Healers 1965-02-05 Movie
	Writer	Boniface's Holiday 1965-01-01 Movie
1964	Writer	Little Stomper 1964-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2005	Animation Director	About Me 2005-01-01 Movie
2002	Animation Director	About the Girl Who Found Her Bear 2002-05-14 Movie
	Animation Director	Neighbours 2002-05-01 Movie
1998	Animation	Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood 1998-01-01 TV Show
1980	Animation Director	O Sport, You Are Peace! 1980-09-18 Movie
1975	Animation Director	Escape of Mr. McKinley 1975-12-15 Movie
1973	Animation	Island 1973-04-23 Movie
1972	Animation	The Love of Mankind 1972-12-01 Movie
	Animation Director	The Love of Mankind 1972-12-01 Movie
1968	Animation Director	Zigzag of Success 1968-12-30 Movie
1963	Animation	Granny's Goat 1963-01-01 Movie
1961	Animation	Family Chronicle 1961-05-01 Movie
	Animation	Big Troubles 1961-04-03 Movie
	Animation	The Key 1961-01-01 Movie
1960	Animation	A Sober Sparrow 1960-05-05 Movie
	Animation	It Was I Who Drew the Little Man 1960-03-24 Movie
	Animation	Different Wheels 1960-03-23 Movie
	Animation	Murzilka on the Satellite 1960-01-01 Movie
1959	Animation	The Adventures of Buratino 1959-12-31 Movie
	Animation	Soon There Will Be Rain 1959-03-23 Movie
	Animation	At Exactly Three Fifteen ... 1959-01-01 Movie
1958	Animation	The Boy from Napoli 1958-10-12 Movie
	Animation	The Tale of Chapayev 1958-05-06 Movie
	Animation	The Secret of the Far Away Island 1958-03-23 Movie
	Animation	Petia and Little Red Riding Hood 1958-01-01 Movie
	Animation	The Cat's House 1958-01-01 Movie
1957	Animation	The Snow Queen 1957-10-22 Movie
	Animation	Once Upon a Time 1957-05-31 Movie
	Animation	Familiar Pictures 1957-05-21 Movie
	Animation	Again, Deuce 1957-01-01 Movie
1956	Animation	Old Friends 1956-11-15 Movie
	Animation	Adventures of Murzilka 1956-10-09 Movie
	Animation	Girl in the Jungle 1956-04-29 Movie
	Animation	The Twelve Months 1956-01-01 Movie
1955	Animation	An Unusual Match 1955-09-15 Movie
	Animation	What Kind of Bird Is This? 1955-03-24 Movie
	Animation	A Pipe and a Bear 1955-03-24 Movie
	Animation	Dog and Cat 1955-03-23 Movie
	Animation	Stepan the Sailor 1955-03-23 Movie
	Animation	A Hazel Tree Twig 1955-03-22 Movie
	Animation	A Brave Hare 1955-01-01 Movie
	Animation	The Snow Postman 1955-01-01 Movie
	Animation	The Enchanted Boy 1955-01-01 Movie
1954	Animation	The Frog Princess 1954-12-01 Movie
	Animation	An Arrow Flies Into a Fairy Tale 1954-03-23 Movie
	Animation	The Orange Neck 1954-03-22 Movie
	Animation	A Dangerous Prank 1954-03-22 Movie
	Animation	On the Forest Stage 1954-03-22 Movie
	Animation	A Goat-Musician 1954-03-21 Movie
1953	Animation	A Naughty Kitten 1953-10-01 Movie
	Animation	Magic Store 1953-06-06 Movie
	Animation	Flight to the Moon 1953-04-11 Movie
	Animation	Brave Pak 1953-03-23 Movie
	Animation	The Crow and the Fox, the Cuckoo and the Rooster 1953-03-14 Movie
1952	Animation	The Scarlet Flower 1952-06-05 Movie
	Animation	Sarmiko 1952-03-23 Movie
	Animation	Kashtanka 1952-01-01 Movie
	Animation	Validoob - Fell Oak 1952-01-01 Movie
1951	Animation	The High Hill 1951-03-14 Movie
	Animation	Friends-Comrades 1951-03-14 Movie
	Animation	The Tale About the Dead Princess and Seven Strong Men 1951-01-01 Movie
	Animation	The Night Before Christmas 1951-01-01 Movie
	Animation	Forest Travellers 1951-01-01 Movie
1950	Animation	Fox the Builder 1950-12-31 Movie
	Animation	When Christmas Trees Light Up 1950-12-31 Movie
	Animation	The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish 1950-12-31 Movie
	Animation	The Robust 1950-03-21 Movie
	Animation	The Magic Treasure 1950-03-14 Movie
1949	Animation	Geese-Swans 1949-06-04 Movie
	Animation	The Miraculous Bell 1949-03-24 Movie
	Animation	Ambulance 1949-03-23 Movie
	Animation	The Lion and the Hare 1949-03-21 Movie
	Animation	A Cuckoo and a Blackbird 1949-03-21 Movie
1948	Animation	The Flower with Seven Colours 1948-01-01 Movie
	Animation	The Magic Carpet 1948-01-01 Movie
	Animation	Little Gray Neck 1948-01-01 Movie
	Animation	The Elephant and the Ant 1948-01-01 Movie
1943	Animation	The Tale of Tsar Saltan 1943-01-23 Movie
1941	Animation	Mukha-Tsokotukha - The Clatter Fly 1941-05-01 Movie
1940	Animation	Bear Cub 1940-03-22 Movie
	Animation	Favorite Characters 1940-03-22 Movie
1939	Animation	Uncle Stepa 1939-01-01 Movie
1938	Animation	Fyodor the Hunter 1938-03-23 Movie
	Animation	Tale of the Good Umar 1938-03-23 Movie
	Animation	Fairy Tale About Emelya 1938-03-23 Movie
	Animation	Ivashko and Baba-Yaga 1938-03-21 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2000	Director	Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 3 2000-08-01 Movie
	Director	Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2 2000-05-16 Movie
	Director	Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 1 2000-04-01 Movie
1984	Director	Lion and Bull 1984-08-01 Movie
1982	Director	Olympians 1982-02-09 Movie
1977	Director	One Day Before Our Era 1977-01-01 Movie
1976	Director	Ikar and Sages 1976-01-01 Movie
1974	Director	I Give you a Star 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Director	Island 1973-04-23 Movie
	Director	Balance of Fear 1973-01-01 Movie
1972	Director	Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day 1972-07-13 Movie
1971	Director	Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting 1971-07-10 Movie
1970	Director	A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters 1970-11-06 Movie
1969	Director	Winnie-the-Pooh 1969-01-01 Movie
1968	Director	Film, Film, Film 1968-01-01 Movie
1967	Director	Othello-67 1967-05-04 Movie
1966	Director	Man in the Frame 1966-01-01 Movie
1965	Director	Boniface's Holiday 1965-01-01 Movie
1964	Director	Little Stomper 1964-01-01 Movie
1963	Director	Story of One Crime 1963-06-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1997	Consulting Producer	Dunno on the Moon 1997-05-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Art

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1995	Art Direction	Attraction 1995-05-07 Movie
1989	Art Direction	The Cow 1989-11-08 Movie
1985	Art Direction	Wolfy 1985-04-22 Movie
	Art Direction	Kuth and Mice 1985-01-31 Movie
1984	Art Direction	The Cat in the Cap 1984-05-08 Movie
1975	Art Direction	Little Hippo 1975-01-01 Movie
1973	Art Direction	Balance of Fear 1973-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv