Andrea Štaka (born 1973) lives in Zurich. She graduated from the MFA film program at the School of Visual Arts in Zurich. Her previous films HOTEL BELGRAD and YUGODIVAS have brought her great recognition at film festivals such as Locarno and Sundance and have won several awards. Both films were nominated for Best 

Film at the Swiss Film Awards and theatrically released in Switzerland. In 2005 Andrea Štaka received a NYSCA Individual Artist Grant  (New York State Council on the Arts). FRAULEIN is her first feature film. It won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, the Heart of Sarajevo and the Swiss Film Award for Best Script. In 2007 

Andrea Štaka founded Okofilm Productions in Zurich together with director and producer Thomas Imbach. She is a member of the European Film Academy.