[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 (Pohádky z mechu a kapradí), Reedy (Rákosníček) and Štaflík a Špagetka.
[1] 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.