Zdeněk Troška (born 18 May 1953) is a Czech film director and screenwriter.

He studied directing at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and also at Lycée Carnot in Dijon, France.

Although he is educated and receives offers to direct classical operas and film dramas like Andělská tvář (2002), he is most famous for cheap comedies and fairy tales intended for an undemanding audience.

[2] Troška made several fairy tale films, often following patterns where a young man ventures from a rural area to find love and defeat corrupt enemies.

[5] Films in this vein include Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker, Princess from the Mill and its sequel, Helluva Good Luck and its sequel, and The Loveliest Riddle.