Zdeněk Smetana

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.