Candy Kugel

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.

Directed

1. Animated Self-Portraits (1989) — Director
2. Long Live Belarus (2021) — Director
3. Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls (1983) — Director
4. A Warm Reception in L.A. (1988) — Director
5. Fast Food Matador (1991) — Director
6. Snowie and the Seven Dorps (1990) — Director
7. (It was...) Nothing At All (2000) — Director
8. We Love It! (1992) — Director
9. dEVOLUTION (2008) — Director
10. Knitwits (1997) — Director
11. Knitwits Revisited (1999) — Director
12. Command Z (2005) — Director
13. Right! (2006) — Director
14. It's Still Me! (2009) — Director
15. The Last Time (2013) — Director
16. I, Candy (2018) — Director
17. My Film, My Film, My Film (1983) — Director
18. Vashti (2018) — Director
19. Daddy's Girl (2022) — Director
20. Wish on the Moon (2021) — Director
21. A Tale of Two Weddings (2022) — Director
22. Miracle on Central Park West (2020) — Director
23. Audition (1980) — Director
24. The Adventures of the Maltese Cat (1991) — Director
25. InBetweening America (2001) — Director
26. Talking About Sex: A Guide for Families (1996) — Director
27. The Ballad of Archie Foley (1995) — Director
28. Market of Hate (2024) — Director
29. Blessings of the Season (2013) — Director
30. What I Want (2005) — Director
31. In the Morning (2025) — Director
32. Abdul the Reluctant Martyr (2007) — Director
33. Oooh I Love My Coffee (2008) — Director

Also appeared in

1. I Want My MTV (2019) — Self
2. Snowie and the Seven Dorps (1990) — Voice
3. Miracle on Central Park West (2020) — Self (voice)
4. Audition (1980) — Self (voice)
5. Talking About Sex: A Guide for Families (1996)
6. Beyond Ink & Paint: The Women of Animation — Self
7. Right! (2006) — Woman (voice)
8. I, Candy (2018) — Narrator