Vladimír Smutný (born 13 July 1942) is a Czech cinematographer.

[1][2] He is an eight-time winner of the Czech Lion Award for Best Cinematography.

He was also a cinematographer of Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film winner Kolya (1996).

After graduating from FAMU in Prague, he worked as an advertising photographer for Tesla Holešovice and as a camera operator for Krátký film Praha.

Since mid-1990s he works primarily with directors Jan Svěrák and Václav Marhoul.