Danna Stern

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Danna Stern
Education
Occupation(s)Television executive, producer
Known forFormer head of Yes Studios
Notable work
  • Fauda
  • Bros
  • Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre
SpouseDov Gil-har
Children3

Danna Stern runs In Transit Productions [1] and is the former head of Yes Studios. [2] [3]

Contents

Career

Stern studied at Tel Aviv University and the Kellogg School of Management. [4] Stern worked as a news producer for Israeli Army Radio [5] and then spent six year with Reuters Television in Jerusalem. In 1999 she joined yes TV [6] as an acquisitions executive working her way up to vice president and in 2017 became managing director of Yes Studios. [7] [8] During her tenure, Fauda was the first show in Hebrew to get picked up by Netflix. [9] Stern is a member of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. [10] [11]

In 2023, Stern was selected to be on the international jury of the inaugural Berlinale Series Award at 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. [12] [13]

In 2024, Stern was selected to be on the international jury of NEM Zagreb 2024. [14]

Stern is producing Bros, a Netflix Hebrew-language TV series from Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon. [15]

Along with Reinhardt Beetz and Duki Dror, Stern produced a documentary about the Re'im music festival massacre called Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre. [16] [17]

Awards

Stern won Best Documentary at the German Television Awards for Hamas Festival Attack – The Survivors Of The Desert Rave. [18] [19]

Personal

Stern's husband is Israeli journalist and TV anchor, Dov Gil-har. They have three children. [5]

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  14. ↑ "NEM Zagreb Unveils Jury". Video Age International. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  15. ↑ "Netflix Boards Hebrew-Language TV Series From Guy Amir & Hanan Savyon". Deadline. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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  18. ↑ "Television award: "Zweiflers" wins, tears for "Friedländer"". traunsteiner-tagblatt. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
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