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Zdeněk Smetana (26 July 1925 – 25 February 2016) was a Czechoslovak-born Czech animator and graphic artist who created more than 400 animated cartoons, including full-length feature films.[1] He became known for a series of Czechoslovak animated children's television bedtime stories during the 1970s and 1980s, including The Little Witch (Malá čarodějnice), Fairy Tales of Moss and Fern, and Reedy.[1] In 1981, Smetana's film, The End of A Cube, won a BAFTA award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.[1] He also won awards from the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival.[1]

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Zdeněk Smetana
Born	26 July 1925
Died	25 February 2016
Nationality	Czech
Known for	director

In 1946, Smetana began working at the Bratři v triku animation studio, which had been founded by Jiri Trnka.[1] He animated a sequence of the 1957 film, Creation of the World, in which the devil, Eve and others dance to rock 'n roll music.[1] During the 1960s, Smetana animated episodes of Tom and Jerry, which was being produced at a studio in Prague at the time.[1]

Smetana retired from full-time television animation in the late 1980s to focus on graphic art. He died in Prague on 25 February 2016, at the age of 90.[1]

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[de] Zdeněk Smetana

Zdeněk Smetana (* 26. Juli 1925 in Prag; † 25. Februar 2016 ebenda[1]) war ein tschechischer Zeichner, Drehbuchautor und Regisseur von Zeichentrickfilmen und Illustrator von Bilderbüchern. Er war ab 1946 im Filmstudio Bratři v triku, einer Abteilung von Krátký film Praha, angestellt.[2][3]

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- [en] Zdeněk Smetana

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[ru] Сметана, Зденек

Зде́нек Сме́тана (чеш. Zdeněk Smetana; 26 июля 1925, Прага — 25 февраля 2016, там же) — чешский режиссёр, сценарист, художник-мультипликатор, иллюстратор. Наиболее известен по серии короткометражных мультфильмов «Сказки мхов и папоротников» о лесных человечках Кржемелик и Вахмурка. Работал в студии мультипликационных и короткометражных фильмов Bratři v triku, а позже в Krátký Film Praha[1]. Ученик чешского художника и иллюстратора Цирила Боуды.

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