Zdeněk Smetana

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Zdeněk Smetana (born July 26, 1925 in Prague ; † February 25, 2016 there ) was a Czech draftsman, screenwriter and director of cartoons and illustrator of picture books . He worked at the film studio Bratři v triku and later at Krátký film Praha .

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In the early 1960s, Zdeněk Smetana worked under the pseudonym Dennis Smith for the cartoon series Tom and Jerry . His own cartoon series Pohádky z mechu a kapradí (Křemílek a Vochomůrka) was broadcast between 1971 and 1974 by Das Erste , Südwest 3 and ORF under the title Tales between Moos and Fern and on Swiss television under the title Fly Agaric and Casimir . This series based on a book by Václav Čtvrtek is about two goblins who live in a house in the middle of the forest. Smetana's trademarks include plant leaves dipped in ink and used as a background.

Awards

Smetana was awarded in 1980 in Cannes the Jury Prize for Short Film Krychle . In total, he won more than fifty awards, including in Berlin and Venice .

Cartoons

  • Pohádky z mechu a kapradí (Křemílek a Vochomůrka) , 1968–1972, German stories between moss and fern (fly agaric and casimir)
  • Rákosníček , 1975–1987
  • Štaflík a Špagetka , 1971.

Cartoons

  • Malá čarodějnice , 1986, German The Little Witch (based on the book by Otfried Preußler )

German-language books

  • with Jaromír Kincl: The reed man and the pond. LeiV, Leipzig 2000, ISBN 3-89603-056-6 (Original: Rákosniček a rybnik. Albatros, Prague 2000, ISBN 80-00-00834-3 ).
  • with Otfried Preußler: Pumphut and the begging children. Thienemann, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-522-41690-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Children's film director Zdeněk Smetana has died. radio.cz, February 25, 2016, accessed on February 26, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c Artist Zdeněk Smetana dies at age 90 . Prague Post, February 25, 2016
  3. ^ Animation World Network
  4. ↑ Planète Jeunesse
  5. ^ Festival de Cannes
personal data
SURNAME Smetana, Zdeněk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, Dennis (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech animator, film director and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague , Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 2016
Place of death Prague , Czech Republic