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Danny Lerner

Screenwriter & Director

2024 “HOMESICK” – Adventure-comedy. Feature film

2024 “THE TRAITORS” (temporary title) – Spy docudrama for Keshet12

2019 “BLOOD AND FIRE” – Short period action film. Premiered at Haifa International Film Festival.

2018 “KFULA” – Teen comedy series. Second-unit director, 1st & 3rd season.

2009 “KIROT” (US title: “THE ASSASSIN NEXT DOOR”( – Action/Drama. Feature film.  French-Israeli co-production starring Olga Kurylenko (“Quantum of Solace”) and Ninette Taib. Premiered at TIFF Toronto. Sold for distribution to 20 territories around the world, including Netflix.

2005 “FROZEN DAYS” – Psychological Thriller. Feature film. Winner of the “Best Film” award at the Haifa Film Festival and many other international festivals. Screened at AFI, Sydney, Munich, Warsaw, Shanghai and more. Nominated for 2 Ophir Awards.

Graduate of the Department of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University.

Lectures at the Film Department at Tel Aviv University and Seminar-Hakibbutzim college.

Winner of the 2011 Film Art Award.  According to the jury: “Lerner has a fascinating cinematic vision that combines orderly Western cinematic heritages with a unique and local reality. The dialogue that Lerner develops with the immediate fabric of his surroundings marks him as one of the most promising Israeli artists.”

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