Andrea Štaka Biography: Age, Net Worth, Parents, Movies, TV Shows, Husband, Wikipedia

Andrea Štaka, is a Swiss film director, screenwriter, and producer of Bosnian-Croatian descent whose emotionally resonant works explore migration, identity, and female experience.

She co-founded Okofilm Productions in Zurich and achieved international breakthrough with Das Fräulein (2006), which won the Golden Leopard at Locarno and the Swiss Film Prize.

Her subsequent features Cure – The Life of Another (2014) and Mare (2020) premiered in Berlin competition, cementing her reputation as one of Switzerland’s most distinctive contemporary auteurs.

Profile

• Full Name: Andrea Štaka
• Stage Name: Andrea Štaka
• Born: 1973
• Age: 53 years old
• Birthplace: Lucerne, Switzerland
• Nationality: Swiss
• Occupation: Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer
• Height: Unknown
• Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Štaka
• Siblings: Unknown
• Spouse: Unknown
• Children: Unknown
• Relationship: Unknown
• Net Worth: $3 million

Early Life and Education

Andrea Štaka was born in 1973 in Lucerne, Switzerland, to parents referred to as Mr. and Mrs. Štaka who immigrated during the Yugoslav era. She might have had siblings but details about them are unknown.

She grew up bilingual and bicultural in central Switzerland before training as a photographer. Štaka later completed an MFA in Film/Video at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), where she shifted focus to directing and screenwriting, graduating in the late 1990s.

She is of mixed ethnicity with Croatian father and Bosnian mother, though her religion is unknown.

Career

Andrea Štaka began with photography and short films, directing Hotel Belgrad (1998) and the documentary Yugodivas (2000) about Yugoslav women in New York. Her feature debut Das Fräulein (2006), a subtle drama about three women from former Yugoslavia rebuilding lives in Zurich, won the Golden Leopard at Locarno, the Swiss Film Prize for Best Fiction Film, and screened at Sundance. She co-founded Okofilm Productions to retain creative control and support emerging voices.

Štaka followed with Cure – The Life of Another (2014), a haunting coming-of-age story set in 1993 Dubrovnik during the Croatian War of Independence. The film premiered in Locarno competition and earned multiple awards for its atmospheric tension and young leads. She returned to Berlin competition with Mare (2020), starring Marija Škaričić as a woman trapped in a domestic routine who experiences unexpected desire when an outsider enters her life.

Andrea Štaka lectures in film directing at ZHdK and serves on juries for the European Film Academy. She develops projects that blend personal memory with universal themes, often centering complex female protagonists. Her deliberate pace and commitment to Swiss-Yugoslav narratives continue to enrich European independent cinema.

Social Media

• Instagram Handle: Unknown
• Facebook Handle: Andrea Štaka
• Twitter Handle: Unknown

Personal Life

Andrea Štaka keeps her private life entirely out of the public eye, with no confirmed information about a spouse, partner, or children. She divides her time between Zurich and the Adriatic coast, drawing inspiration from both Swiss precision and Balkan emotionality.

Filmography

• Hotel Belgrad (short, 1998)
• Yugodivas (documentary, 2000)
• Das Fräulein (2006)
• Cure – The Life of Another (2014)
• Mare (2020)

Net Worth

Andrea Štaka has an estimated net worth of $3 million. She earns through directing and producing fees, Swiss and European funding, international festival prizes, and residuals from her globally distributed films.