Václav Bedřich

Václav Bedřich (28 August 1918, Příbram – 7 March 2009) was a Czech animator, actor, and film director. He is best known for his children's TV animation.

He created 358 animated films, which earned him a number of awards at domestic and international film festivals. 1955: , 44min. animation loosely based on the fairy tale "Devil and Káča" by Božena Němcová. Lucifer asks his sidekick to bring the most evil princess from the Earth. By mistake a peasant girl Káča is brought who raises hell in hell and is to be returned to the Earth as soon as possible. 1960: Čtyřicet dědečků (Forty Old Men; direction and scenario), 8 min. animation; a grotesque story about a magic pot which multiplies anything what is put inside Honorable mention at the 9th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (1963) 1973: Víla Amálka 1975: Maxipes Fík 1978: Bob a Bobek – králíci z klobouku (Bob and Bobby – the Rabbits from a Hat) 1980: 1981: Maxipes Fík II 1981: Sredni Vaštar (director); 29min., drawn animation, based on Sredni Vashtar by Hector Hugh Munro 1986: The Great Cheese Robbery , where Bedřich was both the director and an actor. It is based on the children's book by Jean Van Leeuwen The Great Cheese Conspiracy first published in 1969. 1969-1976: Smrtící vůně A seven-part series of animated parodies on horror stories in which a young couple successfully evades traps set by an evil scientist and his sidekicks.

Awards In addition to the film awards, in 1960 he was awarded the Silver badge of an exemplary worker by the Ministry of Education and Culture.