
Candy Kugel
Directing
Biography
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

Between the Lions is a PBS Kids puppet television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, in Mississippi. The show has won seven Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and 2007. The target audience is children 4 to 7 years old. It has the same puppet style as Sesame Street and several season 2 episodes, notably in Dance in Smarty Pants, had a few characters from Sesame Street guest appearing. Between The Lions started its 10th and final season on September 20, 2010. The Show Ended in November, 22 2010 Along with Reading Rainbow
Between the Lions

Based on Elizabeth Swados’ picture book of the same name, this animated short film charts one woman's struggle with depression.
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
This docuseries tells the story of female animation pioneers in both past and present days, looking into the challenges they have faced and the progress they have made while exploring the obstacles that still exist. Highlighting the determination and passion that moved women out of the ink & paint department and into the role of animator and beyond, the docuseries seeks to inspire the next generation of animation storytellers, while questioning the inequality between men and women within the creative workforce of animation.
Beyond Ink & Paint: The Women of Animation

An animated film compiled by David Ehrlich consisting of 27 animators from different countries all explaining themselves through their animation.
Animated Self-Portraits

A goofy crew of extraterrestrial wall-walkers journey to Earth in a quest to learn the meaning of Christmas.
Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls

"The Adventures of the Maltese Cat" is an adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling short story. Producer Larry Spangler had just produced a documentary feature film about polo and he thought having a cartoon proceeding it would add a little something! So he came to Buzzco Associates to produce this very ambitious short.
The Adventures of the Maltese Cat

The Berenstain Bears Comic Valentine is an animated television special based on the Berenstain Bears children's book series by Stan and Jan Berenstain. Produced by Buzz Potamkin and directed by Mordicai Gerstein and Al Kouzel, the program made its debut on NBC on February 13, 1982.
The Berenstain Bears' Comic Valentine

A very inquisitive Brother Bear is wondering why Spring is taking so long to arrive. With Easter approaching and a new arrival to the Bear family on the way, Brother looks for answers, and Mama teaches him the true meaning of Spring.
The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise
The animated 30-minute piece is designed to act as an icebreaker for discussions between parents and their children.
Talking About Sex: A Guide for Families

Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City chronicles Strawberry Shortcake's trip to Big Apple City, so she can compete in a baking contest at "the little theater off Times Pear". Strawberry's journey, however, is in jeopardy due to the constant interference of the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak, who is her only competition in the bake-off. The Pieman counts on his kohlrabi cookies and a little trickery to beat Strawberry and her famous shortcake.
Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City

The film is about the formation of a music channel that has shaped modern pop culture. On August 1, 1981, the life of a whole generation of Americans changed forever - on this day MTV began its broadcasting day, making VJ a new teen hero and creating a canon of music video as a vivid artistic statement.
I Want My MTV

There are people who think it is more important to choose a philosophical side or team and to stick to its fundamentals, rather than allow free thinking and debate.
Right!

It's Thanksgiving in Bear Country, and the Bear Family get nervous when Mama Bear thinks they've gotten a sign that the "Thanksgiving Legend of Bigpaw" is coming true. The legend says that when bears get greedy and don't share their harvest, Bigpaw will come to destroy Bear Country. Eventually, the bears all learn a lesson about who Bigpaw really is, and they celebrate the holiday.
The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw

Papa Bear and the cubs search the woods for the perfect Christmas tree, but run afoul of the woodland animals who live in the trees they aim to cut down.
The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree

Vashti, the Queen of Persia, loses her crown when she refuses to appear at a drunken council meeting wearing only her crown and nothing else. Her act of feminist resistance is echoed through the ages, culminating with the #MeToo movement of 2018.
Vashti

Papa Q. Bear wants more than golden honey to have one of his cubs play baseball. Brother has no interest, while Sister goes unnoticed.
The Berenstain Bears Play Ball

"Command Z" asks what would it be like if you could "undo" in real life as easily as you can on a computer?
Command Z

As Archie Foley, a sound effects editor, lays dying in the hospital, his life is replayed in his ears.
The Ballad of Archie Foley

A guide for people with aphasia and their loved ones, in order to help them learn how to communicate with each other more effectively.
It's Still Me!

Based on a New Yorker magazine cover by Saul Steinberg, twenty American icons morph from one to another, representing the vast diversity in this country. InBetweening America was Candy Kugel's first film. She created it in 1977 when she first started inbetweening TV commercials at Perpetual Motion Pictures. It was finally completed in 2001 when The Saul Steinberg Foundation gave permission to exhibit it.