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While a tertiary student, Youngman had work experience placements at ], and on graduating was employed as a production co-ordinator. In 1997 she joined the morning television show ]. In 2004 she was appointed head of the network's lifestyle unit and produced a number of drama, documentary and animated television shows until moving to ] in 2019.<ref name=":1" /> | While a tertiary student, Youngman had work experience placements at ], and on graduating was employed as a production co-ordinator. In 1997 she joined the morning television show ]. In 2004 she was appointed head of the network's lifestyle unit and produced a number of drama, documentary and animated television shows until moving to ] in 2019.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
== Screenography == | |||
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| rowspan="2" |2022 | |||
|''A Questiono of Justice'' | |||
|Network Executive | |||
|Television | |||
|- | |||
|''Raised by Refugees'' | |||
|Network Executive | |||
|Television | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="4" |2021 | |||
|''Teine Sā - The Ancient Ones'' | |||
|Network Executive | |||
|Web series | |||
|- | |||
|Inked | |||
|Network Executive | |||
|Television | |||
|- | |||
|Designing Dreams | |||
|Network Executive | |||
|Television | |||
|- | |||
|A Mild Touch of Cancer | |||
|Network Executive | |||
|Film | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="5" |2020 | |||
|Tales of the Moana | |||
|Creator, Director and Producer | |||
|Television | |||
|- | |||
|SIS | |||
|Network Executive | |||
|Television | |||
|- | |||
|INSiDE | |||
|Network Executive | |||
|Television | |||
|- | |||
|This Could Go Anywhere | |||
|Executive Producer | |||
|Television | |||
|- | |||
|Living with the Boss | |||
|Writer | |||
|Television | |||
|} | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 08:04, 11 January 2025
Dana Youngman is a television executive and a Samoan New Zealander. In 2021, she won the Diversity Award at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards.
Biography
Youngman was born in Avondale, Auckland in the early 1970s. Her mother had emigrated from Samoa in 1967 to train as a nurse, and her father was a police officer. The family moved to Dannevirke in the Hawke's Bay region when she was a child. At high school, Youngman studied documentary-making with Bruno Lawrence and Chris Verberg and then moved back to Auckland to sudy television directing and producing at Unitec Institute of Technology.
While a tertiary student, Youngman had work experience placements at TVNZ, and on graduating was employed as a production co-ordinator. In 1997 she joined the morning television show Good Morning. In 2004 she was appointed head of the network's lifestyle unit and produced a number of drama, documentary and animated television shows until moving to Sky TV in 2019.
Screenography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2022 | A Questiono of Justice | Network Executive | Television |
Raised by Refugees | Network Executive | Television | |
2021 | Teine Sā - The Ancient Ones | Network Executive | Web series |
Inked | Network Executive | Television | |
Designing Dreams | Network Executive | Television | |
A Mild Touch of Cancer | Network Executive | Film | |
2020 | Tales of the Moana | Creator, Director and Producer | Television |
SIS | Network Executive | Television | |
INSiDE | Network Executive | Television | |
This Could Go Anywhere | Executive Producer | Television | |
Living with the Boss | Writer | Television |
References
- ^ "Dana Youngman, a Woman of Influence, a daughter of Samoa". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- "Dana Youngman". AIDC. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- ^ NZ On Screen. "Dana Youngman | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 2025-01-11.