Zdravko Šotra

• Name — Zdravko Šotra • Native Name — Здравко Шотра • Born — 13 February 1933 • Birthplace — Kozice, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia • Died — 8 October 2025 • Place of death — Belgrade, Serbia • Years Active — 1950s–2025 • Occupation — Film and television director • Children — 1

Šotra was born in the village of Kozice, near Stolac (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina), into an ethnic Serb family as the seventh child of Mara and Đorđe Šotra. As a child his family moved to Kosovo just prior to the outbreak of World War II, where he would grow up.

Šotra graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade with a degree in film directing. He began his professional career at TV Belgrade, working there since its inception. His film Zona Zamfirova (2002) was watched by a record 1.2 million people in Serbia. He directed several television mini-series based on novels by Mir-Jam: Ranjeni orao, Greh njene majke, Nepobedivo srce and Samac u braku. In his films, he frequently portrayed historical events from Serbian history, which had a considerable influence on the way these events are perceived in Serbian popular culture. Notable among his works are the documentary Where the Yellow Lemon Blooms and the feature film Battle of Kosovo.

Šotra was married to the former beauty queen Nikica Marinović. Together they had a son, Marko, who is a television director employed at the Serbian state television. He was a fan of Red Star Belgrade. Šotra died on 8 October 2025, at the age of 92.

• Films • Osvajanje slobode (1979) • Šesta brzina (1981) • Idemo dalje (1982) • Igmanski marš (1983) • Držanje za vazduh (1985) • Braća po materi (1988) • Boj na Kosovu (1989) • Dnevnik uvreda 1993 (1994) • Barking at the Stars (1998) • Zona Zamfirova (2002) • Pljačka Trećeg rajha (2004) • Ivkova slava (2005) • Gde cveta limun žut (2006) • Kneževina Srbija (2008) • Kraljevina Srbija (2008) • Šešir profesora Vujića (2012) (Professor Kosta Vujic's Hat) • Santa Maria della Salute (2016) • Series • Više od igre (1976) • Gde cveta limun žut (2006) • Ranjeni orao (2008–2009) • Greh njene majke (2009–2010) • Nepobedivo srce (2011–2012) • Alexander of Yugoslavia (2021)

Zdravko Šotra is recorded as film producer, screenwriter and director.