# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zdenek-smetana
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:06:35.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zdenek-smetana"
name: "Zdeněk Smetana"
slug: "zdenek-smetana"
description: "Zdeněk Smetana was a Czechoslovak-born Czech animator and graphic artist who created more than 400 animated cartoons, including full-length feature films. He became known for a series of Czechoslovak animated children's television bedtime stories during the 1970s and 1980s, including The Little Witch, Fairy Tales of Moss and Fern, Reedy (Rákosníček) and Štaflík a Špagetka. In 1981, Smetana's film, The End of A Cube, won a BAFTA award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He also won awards from the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival."
tagline: "Czech animator, illustrator and director (1925-2016)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1925-07-26"
deathDate: "2016-02-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.67
  momentum:             0.5660377358490567
  historical:           9.678762666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0806851/"
    handle:    "nm0806851"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2363089"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "زدينيك سميتانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Smetana"
    title: "Zdeněk Smetana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Smetana"
    title: "Zdeněk Smetana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Smetana"
    title: "Zdeněk Smetana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Smetana"
    title: "Zdeněk Smetana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Smetana"
    title: "Zdeněk Smetana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%2C_%D0%97%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Сметана, Зденек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Smetana"
    title: "Zdeněk Smetana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Smetana"
    title: "Zdeněk Smetana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Зденек Сметана"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2377656"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1599417"
    title: "Zdeněk Smetana"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump