Fyodor Khitruk
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Fyodor Savelyevich Khitruk (Russian: Фёдор Савельевич Хитрук; born May 1, 1917 in Tver) is one of the most influential animators and animation directors in Russian animation.
Khitruk 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 A 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.
During his long career, he was awarded innumerable awards by all major film festivals. Today, Fyodor Khitruk lives in Moscow.
In April 1993, Khitruk and three other leading animators (Yuriy Norshteyn, Andrey Khryanovsky, and Edward Nazarov) founded the Animation School and Studio (SHAR Studio) in Russia. The Russian Cinema Committee is among the share-holders of the studio.
[edit] Filmography
- Story of One Crime (История одного преступления, 1962)
- Toptyzhka (Топтыжка, 1964)
- Boniface's Holiday (Каникулы Бонифация, 1965)
- Man in the Frame (Человек в рамке, 1966)
- Othello 67 (Отелло-67, 1967)
- Film, Film, Film (Фильм, фильм, фильм, 1968)
- Winnie-the-Pooh (Винни-Пух, 1969)
- The Young Friedrich Engels (Юноша Фридрих Энгельс, 1970)
- Winnie-the-Pooh Goes on a Visit (Винни-Пух идет в гости, 1971)
- Winnie-the-Pooh and the Day of Concern (Винни-Пух и день забот, 1972)
- Island (Остров, 1973)
- I Grant You A Star (Дарю тебе звезду, 1974)
- Icarus and the Wise Men (Икар и мудрецы, 1976)
- Olympiad (Олимпионики, 1982)
- Lion and Ox (Лев и бык, 1983)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Fyodor Khitruk at the Internet Movie Database
- Information on Fyodor Khitruk (in Russian)
- Biography (in Russian)
- Information about OGIS (in Russian)
- Soyuzmultfilm's Homepage (requires Macromedia Flash)
