Writing
Felix Kandel
Born 1932-10-21 · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
He was born in 1932 in Moscow, Soviet Union to a Jewish family. In 1941 his mother and he were evacuated to Ural mountains, where they remained till 1944. In 1950 he was admitted to the Moscow Aeronautic Institute, and graduated with an engineering degree in 1955. During his studies he and a classmate started writing sketches and directing institute amateur performances. They quickly assembled a group of students around them, and continued to write for them after graduation. In 1963 Kandel quit his military job and became a professional freelance writer. He wrote plays, scripts for motion pictures, and published (with co-authors Eduard Uspensky, Grigory Gorin, and Arkady Arkanov) two books of short stories. His works were published by Literaturnaya Gazeta, Yunost', Novi Mir and other prestigious literary journals in Moscow. In 1965-66 he worked as an editor in the short documentaries almanac "Fitil'!", but then became a free-lance writer again. In 1967, Felix Kamov, Arkadiy Khait, and Alexander Kurlandsky began writing scripts for the animated series Nu, pogodi!, directed by Vyacheslav Kotenochkin of the Soyuzmultfilm studio. From the very beginning, this became the most recognized animated series in the former Soviet Union, and later in the Eastern European countries. Today, it is hard to find a person in these countries, who would not recognize the wolf character from the series.
Acting credits
9.5A poetic view of Russian animation and of cultural and social transformations Russian society has been gone through. It is about multi faceted and humorous animation, almost never exposed to western eyes.
Magia Russica
2004
No synopsis available yet.
Геннадий Хазанов. Лицо под маской
2018
Behind the camera
NRBased on Russian nursery rhymes and playful sayings.
Tall Tales
1970
NRA comedy cartoon about how tigers in the arena train the trainer.
Tigers Change the Rules
1970
5.8No synopsis available yet.
Well, Just You Wait!
1969
NRA story about amusing tourists and a boy who tried to outrun everyone, but...
The Very First
1970
NRVolk desperately tries to get onto a cruise ship to get Zayats.
Well, Just You Wait! 7
1973
7.0Two plots: "Quarrel" and "Heroic Symphony".
Only for Adults II
1973
6.0Volk and Zayats try themselves out at sports to varying results.
Well, Just You Wait! 4
1971
NRVolk is spying on Zayats with a spyglass "hidden" in a birdhouse..
Well, Just You Wait! 5
1972
7.5Along a country road Volk is chasing Zayats who is riding on a bicycle.
Well, Just You Wait! 3
1971
10.0In which Volk and Zayats go skydiving!
Well, Just You Wait! 6
1973
6.5This time the Volk stumbles upon Zayats while Zayats is marching while playing a drum.
Well, Just You Wait! 2
1970
7.500s brought a positive change to the lives of Volk and Zayats and they return to their carefree and lighthearted roots on a summer resort.
Well, Just You Wait! 19
2005
8.6As Volk is walking through the city he sees Zayats on a balcony of an apartment block watering the plants. Imagining him as as a tasty meal Volk tries to climb up the balcony. A chase ensures, the first of many.
Well, Just You Wait! 1
1969
NRContinuing the carefree tone of their previous encounter, this time Volk and Zayats continue their"cat-and-mouse" behaviour in the countryside.
Well, Just You Wait! 20
2006
10.0The final "canonical" episode of the series is a New Year Special.
Well, Just You Wait! A New Year Special
2012
NRA musical animation about a London homeless man who, looking for a place to sleep, unwittingly begins a trip around the world. He manages to act in a movie, take part in a robbery and get married, only to turn back and start the journey again.
Unwittingly Around The World
1972