Dana Lustig is an Israeli American filmmaker. She has directed five feature films and produced over twenty-five independent features and two TV series.

PRODUCING

Dana is an executive producer on Reading Lolita in Tehran, based on the NYT bestseller, helmed by the acclaimed Israeli director Eran Riklis; the movie won the audience award at the Rome Film Festival. She recently produced Breakwater, an elevated thriller starring Dermot Mulroney, Mena Suvari, and Darren Mann.  

Among Dana’s other produced feature films is the true survival story Jungle, starring Daniel Radcliffe, filmed in Colombia and Australia. The movie is based on the best-seller book by Yossi Ghinsberg. Dana also produced Look Away with India Eisley, Jason Isaacs, and Oscar winner Mira Sorvino. She also produced The Frontier, which premiered at SXSW  and she is an executive producer on Spider in the Web with Ben Kingsley and Monica Bellucci. 

Along with Ram Bergman, Dana was a partner at Bergman Lustig Productions for ten years. Amongst others, BLP produced the movies Brick, directed by Rian Johnson, and Dancing at the Blue Iguana, directed by Oscar-nominated Michael Radford,  starring Emmy winner Sandra Oh.  

DIRECTING

Dana directed the dark love story A Thousand Kisses Deep, starring Jodie Whittaker (Dr. Who) and Dougray Scott (Mission Impossible II ). The movie was nominated for the British Independent Film Award (BIFA). Other directing credits include the comedy Wild Cherry with Tania Raymonde and Rob Schneider and Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, which became the highest-rated telecast for Oxygen’s original programming.

Dana also directed and produced Kill Me Later, starring Selma Blair and Max Beesly ( The Gentleman) and Sarah Chalke ( Scrubs), which was included in Leonard Maltin’s prestigious list of the “Fifty Films That Got Away, Movies You Really Ought to See.” Upon its release by Lionsgate, The Hollywood Reporter wrote, “Lustig creates the kind of film the movie world could use more of.”

Dana’s directorial debut was Wedding Bell Blues, starring John Corbett, Paulina Porizkova, and Illeana Douglas and Julie Warner. The Hollywood Reporter said of the film's festival and theatrical run, “…You can practically hear the sighs of the women in the audience who relate to the problems of the three heroines…”

TV Shows 

Dana is an Executive producer and a creator, along with Ram Landes ( Your Honnor) of the upcoming ten episodes of Docu-Reality The Americans. 

Dana executive produced the second season of the mega-hit Israeli TV series  Very Important Person, which was nominated for six Israeli Emmys. 

AFFILIATIONS

Dana was born in Israel and served as an actress and filmmaker in the Israeli army. She moved to Los Angeles to study at the American Film Institute. Dana is a member of the Producer’s Guild of America, SAG, DGC, and Israeli Film Academy. 

 Dana is the author of  Making a Movie, From Concept to Red Carpet, based on her extremely popular lecture series at the AFI,  Sundance Collab, and New York Film Academy. 

PERSONAL

Dana is married to renowned drummer, composer, and music producer Tal Bergman. Together they are the proud parents of twins, Maya and Guy.