Fyodor Khitruk

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-05-01 (95 years old)

Deathday

2012-12-03

Place of Birth

Tver, Russian Empire

Fyodor Khitruk

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 f...

Production

1977

1969

Winnie-the-Pooh

as Director

1967

Othello-67

as Director

1967

Othello-67

as Screenplay

1982

Olympians

as Director

1982

Olympians

as Screenplay

2002

2005

About Me

as Animation Director

1973

Island

as Screenplay

1976

Ikar and Sages

as Screenplay

1989

The Cow

as Art Direction

1938

Fyodor the Hunter

as Animation

1940

Bear Cub

as Animation

1948

The Magic Carpet

as Animation

1948

Little Gray Neck

as Animation

1949

1949

Ambulance

as Animation

1949

1949

Geese-Swans

as Animation

1950

Fox the Builder

as Animation

1950

The Robust

as Animation

1950

The Magic Treasure

as Animation

1951

Forest Travellers

as Animation

1951

The High Hill

as Animation

1952

Sarmiko

as Animation

1952

Kashtanka

as Animation

1952

1952

The Scarlet Flower

as Animation

1953

Flight to the Moon

as Animation

1953

Magic Store

as Animation

1954

The Frog Princess

as Animation

1954

The Orange Neck

as Animation

1954

A Dangerous Prank

as Animation

1955

Dog and Cat

as Animation

1955

A Brave Hare

as Animation

1955

The Snow Postman

as Animation

1955

An Unusual Match

as Animation

1955

The Enchanted Boy

as Animation

1956

Old Friends

as Animation

1957

The Snow Queen

as Animation

1957

Again, Deuce

as Animation

1957

Familiar Pictures

as Animation

1957

Once Upon a Time

as Animation

1960

Different Wheels

as Animation

1960

A Sober Sparrow

as Animation

1961

Family Chronicle

as Animation

1961

The Key

as Animation

1961

Big Troubles

as Animation

1972

2011

1973

Balance of Fear

as Director

1963

Granny's Goat

as Animation

1958

1958

1956

1956

Girl in the Jungle

as Animation

1955

Stepan the Sailor

as Animation

1954

1954

A Goat-Musician

as Animation

1953

A Naughty Kitten

as Animation

1951

Friends-Comrades

as Animation

1949

1940

1938

1938

1973

Balance of Fear

as Art Direction

1984

The Cat in the Cap

as Art Direction

1985

Kuth and Mice

as Art Direction

1985

Wolfy

as Art Direction

1995

Attraction

as Art Direction

2002

Neighbours

as Animation Director

1968

Zigzag of Success

as Animation Director

1975

Escape of Mr. McKinley

as Animation Director

1972

The Love of Mankind

as Animation Director

1968

Film, Film, Film

as Director

1966

Man in the Frame

as Director

1963

1974

1976

Ikar and Sages

as Director

1977

1965

1964

Little Stomper

as Director

1984

Lion and Bull

as Director

1984

Lion and Bull

as Writer

1955

A Hazel Tree Twig

as Animation

1965

1973

Island

as Animation

1973

Island

as Director

1968

1974

1986

Three Novels

as Writer

1973

1969

1939

1986

Lafertovskaya Makovnitsa

as Creative Director

1964

1956

The Twelve Months

as Animation

1966

1953

Brave Pak

as Animation

1958

The Cat's House

as Animation

1939

Uncle Stepa

as Animation

1981

O Sport, You Are Peace!

as Animation Director

1948

The Hunting Rifle

as Animation

1959

Soon There Will Be Rain

as Animation Director

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