​Petr Smělík is an editor, producer, and director of award-winning TV shows, films and documentaries. First film he produced and edited, the animated short The Tokio Brothers, was featured at the Japan Media Arts Festival and was awarded a prize at the Tokyo International Anime Fair.

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He edited the documentary Phantom of Liberty II, which was awarded a Special Prize by the Finále Plzeň festival as an “audacious experiment with time on the fringes of the documentary genre.”

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He edited the series Enclosed World about life in prison, which was awarded the prestigious prize Czech Joy at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.

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His debut as a feature director, A Year in a Village, received the Documentary Film Award at Acampadoc Panamá. He also directed a documentary series on the history of Czech cinema which is now taught in film schools.

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Smělik is the editor and co-director of the feature-length film Identita, about the history of Czech graphic design.

He's currently finishing his first feature film, One Must Live.