Zdravko Šotra

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.^[1] As a child his family moved to Kosovo just prior to the outbreak of World War II, where he would grow up.^[1]

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.^[2]

His film Zona Zamfirova (2002) was watched by a record 1.2 million people in Serbia.^[1]

He directed several television mini-series based on novels by Mir-Jam: Ranjeni orao, Greh njene majke, Nepobedivo srce and Samac u braku.^[3]

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.^[4] Notable among his works are the documentary Where the Yellow Lemon Blooms and the feature film Battle of Kosovo.^[4]

Šotra was married to the former beauty queen Nikica Marinović.^[2] Together they had a son, Marko, who is a television director employed at the Serbian state television^{[citation needed]}.

He was a fan of Red Star Belgrade.^[5]

Šotra died on 8 October 2025, at the age of 92.^[6][7]

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)^[8]