Candy Kugel

Directing • 1951-04-13 • New York, New York, U.S

Candy Kugel, a longtime voting member of both AMPAS and the TV Academy, began her career at Perpetual Motion Pictures and she has made over a dozen award-winning independent shorts which are all part of MoMA’s Film Archives.

Known For

7.6

Between the Lions

2000

6.0

Animated Self-Portraits

1989

6.3

The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree

1979

7.0

Long Live Belarus

2021

9.0

Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls

1983

7.4

My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

2014

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Filmography

2025
In the MorningFilm
Director
2024
Market of HateFilm
Director
2022
A Tale of Two WeddingsFilm
Director
2022
Daddy's GirlFilm
Director
2021
Long Live BelarusFilm
Director
★ 7.0
2021
Wish on the MoonFilm
Director
2020
Miracle on Central Park WestFilm
Director
2018
I, CandyFilm
Director
2018
VashtiFilm
Director
2013
Blessings of the SeasonFilm
Director
2013
The Last TimeFilm
Director
2009
It's Still Me!Film
Director
2008
Oooh I Love My CoffeeFilm
Director
2008
dEVOLUTIONFilm
Director
2007
Abdul the Reluctant MartyrFilm
Director
2006
Right!Film
Director
2005
What I WantFilm
Director
2005
Command ZFilm
Director
2001
InBetweening AmericaFilm
Director
2000
(It was...) Nothing At AllFilm
Director
★ 7.0
2000
(It was...) Nothing At AllFilm
Layout
★ 7.0
1999
Knitwits RevisitedFilm
Director
1997
KnitwitsFilm
Director
1996
Talking About Sex: A Guide for FamiliesFilm
Director
1995
The Ballad of Archie FoleyFilm
Director
1992
We Love It!Film
Director
★ 9.0
1991
Fast Food MatadorFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1991
Fast Food MatadorFilm
Layout
★ 7.0
1991
The Adventures of the Maltese CatFilm
Director
1990
Snowie and the Seven DorpsFilm
Director
★ 7.5
1989
Animated Self-PortraitsFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1988
A Warm Reception in L.A.Film
Director
★ 8.0
1983
Deck the Halls with Wacky WallsFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1983
My Film, My Film, My FilmFilm
Director
1980
AuditionFilm
Director
1979
The Berenstain Bears' Christmas TreeFilm
Assistant Director
★ 6.3