Dana Fainaru Writer
Dana is currently writing one episode of the third season of VIKINGS: VALHALLA for MGM Television/Netflix after having written one episode for eleventh season of DEATH IN PARADISE for Red Planet Pictures. Dana and Hamish Wright's original pilot BOOMERANG is under option with Red Productions, she is writing a treatment for a medical drama titled VITAL SIGNS for Red Planet and a treatment for Palomar Pictures.
Since graduating from the BBC Writers Academy in 2004, Dana has written extensively for all four of the BBC Continuing Dramas and has written more than 40 episodes of both HOLBY CITY and CASUALTY as well as multiple episodes of EASTENDERS. Alongside that, Dana has written two episodes for the new Netflix historical drama docuseries THE LAST CZARS, produced by Nutopia. She won the Writers Guild Award, the MIND Mental Health in the Media Award and was shortlisted for The Broadcast Award for her Special mental Health Episode of CASUALTY – ‘Place of Safety'.
She has written four episodes of DEATH IN PARADISE for Red Planet/BBC1, one of which starred Tara Fitzgerald. Her other work includes AFTERBIRTH (Feature length BBC commission), SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS (BBC Radio 4), CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE (BBC Radio 4) and she has developed original material with Noho, Red Planet Pictures and ITV Studios among others.
Previously, Dana worked extensively as a theatre director – most notably as Associate Director of Contact Theatre, Manchester, for which she wrote and directed the award-winning YOU HANG UP FIRST (Manchester Evening News Award for Best New Play). Other work includes a Writers Attachment at the National Theatre Studio, and as Director: THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Nottingham Playhouse), THE JAIL DIARY OF ALBIE SACHS (Salisbury Playhouse), MY CHILDREN, MY AFRICA (Salisbury Playhouse), ONE DAY IN OCTOBER (Riverside Studios) and THE VOODOO PHENOMENON OF ZOMBIE for Universal Grinding Wheel (Pleasance Edinburgh). She has a large body of work on the London Fringe as well as being staff director at the Royal National Theatre.
She lives in Gloucestershire with her husband, two boys and their dog. Her greatest achievement to date remains hosting Top of the Pops on Israeli National Television.
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Credits
In Development
Production Company Notes VIKINGS: VALHALLA MGM Television/Netflix Writer, one episode, season 3.
DEATH IN PARADISE Red Planet / BBC Writer, episode 8, season 11.
DAGMAR AND ALEXANDRA Palomar Pictures Treatment.
VITAL SIGNS Red Planet Treatment commission. 2020
BOOMERANG Red Productions Pilot optioned. Co-written with 2020 Hamish Wright.
CASUALTY BBC Series 36
Television
Production Company Notes EASTENDERS BBC Various episdoes. 2020
THE LAST CZARS Nutopia / Netflix Writer of episodes 2 and 6 of Netflix historical 2019 drama docuseries.
CASUALTY BBC Multiple episodes. Nominated BAFTA Television Awards 2019. Winner RTS Programme Awards 2021. Lead writer on SR 33; core writer on SR 34 and SR35.
HOLBY CITY BBC Multiple episodes
DEATH IN PARADISE BBC 4 x 60' episodes
AFTERBIRTH BBC Script commissioned
Theatre
Production Company Notes
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] YOU HANG UP FIRST Contact Theatre, Manchester Manchester Evening News Award for Best New Play
THE DEEP BLUE SEA Nottingham Playhouse As Director
THE JAIL DIARY OF ALBIE Salisbury Playhouse As Director SACHS
MY CHILDREN, MY AFRICA Salisbury Playhouse As Director
ONE DAY IN OCTOBER Riverside Studios As Director
THE VOODOO PHENOMENON Universal Grinding Wheel As Director OF ZOMBIE (Pleasance Edinburgh)
Radio
Production Company Notes CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE BBC Radio 4
SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS BBC Radio 4
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