DanaYoungman
- Producer
- Director
- Executive
Named Head of the Internal Production Department at TVNZ while still in her late 20s, Dana Youngman worked her way up the producing ladder on lifestyle shows like Maggie’s Garden Show and A Taste of Home. Since then she has worked on New Zealand’s Got Talent and Whānau Living, directed animated show Tales of the Moana, and co-created a cooking show with Annabel Langbein which screened in 80+ countries.
Biography
The daughter of a Samoan mother and a Pākehā father, Dana Youngman counts herself fortunate to have grown up experiencing two very different cultures.
When Dana was in her last year of primary school, her family relocated from the Auckland suburb of Avondale to the central North Island town of Dannevirke. The Youngmans were one of only two Pasifika families in Dannevirke. It was during this time that television provided a valuable window on the world — and inspiration as to where Dana's future might lie.
Screenography
Awards
2019 Huawei Mate30 Pro New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Pasifika Programme (with Damon Fepulea'i): for Life After Footy - Legends of the Pacific
Nominated for Best Sports Programme (with Damon Fepulea'i): for Life After Footy - Legends of the Pacific
“Dana is a producer who lives and breathes TV ... She is a natural leader who takes a concept and makes it everyone's vision.”