Danna Stern is the former head of Yes Studios. Stern studied at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

and the

Kellogg School of Management The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (also known as Kellogg) is the business school of Northwestern University, a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1908, Kellogg is one of the oldest and most p ...

. Stern worked as a news producer for Israeli Army Radio and then spent six year with Reuters Television in Jerusalem. In 1999 she joined

yes TV Yes TV (stylized as yes TV) is an independently owned Canadian nonprofit and CRTC-licensed religious broadcasting television system in Canada. It consists of three conventional over-the-air television stations (located in the Greater Toronto Area ...

as an acquisitions executive working her way up to vice president and in 2017 became managing director of Yes Studios. During her tenure, ''

Fauda ''Fauda'' (, from ''fawḍā'', meaning "chaos") is an Israeli television series developed by Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff drawing on their experiences in the Israel Defense Forces. The series premiered on February 15, 2015. It tells the sto ...

'' was the first show in Hebrew to get picked up by

Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...

. Stern is a member of the

International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) is an American nonprofit membership organization, based in New York City, composed of leading media and entertainment executives across all sectors of the television industry, from ov ...

. In 2023, Stern was selected to be on the international jury of the inaugural Berlinale Series Award at

73rd Berlin International Film Festival The 73rd annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale (), took place from 16 to 26 February 2023. It was the first completely in-person Berlinale since the 70th in 2020. The festival has added a new award for best te ...

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stern, Danna Living people 20th-century Israeli businesspeople 21st-century Israeli businesspeople Jewish women in business 21st-century Israeli Jews Israeli Jews Israeli film producers Year of birth missing (living people)