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.
Filmography
all 120
Movies 118
Director 26
self 4
Writer 3
TV Shows 2
Screenplay 1
Producer 1
Creator 1
Searching for the Lost Pochta (2014)
Riding on a Broomstick (2011)
Miracle Factory. Animation Director (2005)
About Me (2005)
Magia Russica (2004)
About the Girl Who Found Her Bear (2002)
Neighbours (2002)
Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 3 (2000)
Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2 (2000)
Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 1 (2000)
Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood (1998)
Animated Soviet Propaganda (1997)
Dunno on the Moon (1997)
The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films (1997)
Attraction (1995)
The Cow (1989)
Three Novels (1986)
Wolfy (1985)
Kuth and Mice (1985)
Lion and Bull (1984)
The Cat in the Cap (1984)
Olympians (1982)
O Sport, You Are Peace! (1980)
One Day Before Our Era (1977)
Ikar and Sages (1976)
Escape of Mr. McKinley (1975)
Little Hippo (1975)
I Give you a Star (1974)
Island (1973)
Balance of Fear (1973)
The Love of Mankind (1972)
Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day (1972)
Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting (1971)
A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters (1970)
Winnie-the-Pooh (1969)
Winnie-the-Pooh (1969)
Zigzag of Success (1968)
Film, Film, Film (1968)
Othello-67 (1967)
Man in the Frame (1966)
The Tale of the Tsarevich and the Three Healers (1965)
Boniface's Holiday (1965)
Little Stomper (1964)
Story of One Crime (1963)
Granny's Goat (1963)
Family Chronicle (1961)
Big Troubles (1961)
The Key (1961)
A Sober Sparrow (1960)
It Was I Who Drew the Little Man (1960)
Different Wheels (1960)
Murzilka on the Satellite (1960)
The Adventures of Buratino (1959)
Soon There Will Be Rain (1959)
At Exactly Three Fifteen ... (1959)
The Boy from Napoli (1958)
The Tale of Chapayev (1958)
The Secret of the Far Away Island (1958)
The Cat's House (1958)
Petia and Little Red Riding Hood (1958)
The Snow Queen (1957)
Once Upon a Time (1957)
Familiar Pictures (1957)
Again, Deuce (1957)
Old Friends (1956)
Adventures of Murzilka (1956)
Girl in the Jungle (1956)
The Twelve Months (1956)
An Unusual Match (1955)
A Pipe and a Bear (1955)
What Kind of Bird Is This? (1955)
Stepan the Sailor (1955)
Dog and Cat (1955)
A Hazel Tree Twig (1955)
A Brave Hare (1955)
The Snow Postman (1955)
The Enchanted Boy (1955)
The Frog Princess (1954)
An Arrow Flies Into a Fairy Tale (1954)
On the Forest Stage (1954)
The Orange Neck (1954)
A Dangerous Prank (1954)
A Goat-Musician (1954)
A Naughty Kitten (1953)
Magic Store (1953)
Flight to the Moon (1953)
Brave Pak (1953)
The Crow and the Fox, the Cuckoo and the Rooster (1953)
The Scarlet Flower (1952)
Sarmiko (1952)
Validoob - Fell Oak (1952)
Kashtanka (1952)
Friends-Comrades (1951)
The High Hill (1951)
Forest Travellers (1951)
The Night Before Christmas (1951)
The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights (1951)
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish (1950)
Fox the Builder (1950)
When Christmas Trees Light Up (1950)
The Robust (1950)
The Magic Treasure (1950)
Geese-Swans (1949)
The Miraculous Bell (1949)
Ambulance (1949)
A Cuckoo and a Blackbird (1949)
The Lion and the Hare (1949)
The Elephant and the Ant (1948)
Little Gray Neck (1948)
The Flower with Seven Colours (1948)
The Magic Carpet (1948)
The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1943)
Mukha-Tsokotukha - The Clatter Fly (1941)
Favorite Characters (1940)
Bear Cub (1940)
Uncle Stepa (1939)
Fairy Tale About Emelya (1938)
Tale of the Good Umar (1938)
Fyodor the Hunter (1938)
Ivashko and Baba-Yaga (1938)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1917-05-01
Deathday2012-12-03 (95 years old)
Birth PlaceTver, Russia
ChildrenAndrei Khitruk
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsФёдор Савельевич Хитрук, Федор Хитрук, Фёдор Хитрук, Fedor Khitruk, Fyodor Savelyevich Khitruk
AwardsOrder of the Patriotic War 2nd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III class, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Order of the Badge of Honour, USSR State Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, National Prize of East Germany, People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR
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