| Zdravko Šotra | |
| Native Name: | Здравко Шотра |
| Native Name Lang: | sr |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Kozice, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Nationality: | Serbian |
| Years Active: | 1950s–present |
| Occupation: | Film & television director |
Zdravko Šotra (Serbian: Здравко Шотра; born 13 February 1933) is a Serbian film and television director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the films Zona Zamfirova, Boj na Kosovu, Šešir profesora Vujića, Santa Maria della Salute among others, as well as television mini-series.[1]
Šotra was born in the village of Kozice, near Stolac (modern Bosnia and Herzegovina), into an ethnic Serb family as the seventh child of Mara and Đorđe Šotra. As a young 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.[2] 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 has directed several television mini-series based on novels by Mir-Jam: Ranjeni orao, Greh njene majke, Nepobedivo srce and Samac u braku.[3]
Šotra was married to the former beauty queen Nikica Marinović. Together they have a son Marko who is a television director employed at the Serbian state television.
He is a fan of Red Star Belgrade.[4]