David Stern

Joint Managing Director at Playground Entertainment
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(386) 825-5501
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New York City Metropolitan Area

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Experience

    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Joint Managing Director
      • Mar 2021 - Present

      Oversee all day-to-day operations of a Golden Globe and Tony award-winning production company with offices in the US and UK while acting in a lead Executive Producer capacity across a wide ranging slate of scripted television projects.

    • SVP, Development & Production
      • Apr 2019 - Mar 2021

  • KippSter Entertainment
    • Greater New York City Area
    • CEO/ Executive Producer
      • Jan 2012 - 2019

      Managed a diverse slate of television and digital content, with a focus on international co-productions, premium drama and intellectual property adaptations. Oversaw all development and physical production, including literary/script acquisition, pitching, creative notes, pre-production, on-set production and post-production. Produced Television Content (Partial List) -HOWARDS END (4- Hour Miniseries) for BBC1/Starz. Adapted by Kenneth Lonergan. Nominated for Best Miniseries BAFTA Award and Outstanding Achievement in Limited Series TCA Award -THE LAST TYCOON (Drama Series) for Amazon Prime. Adapted and directed by Billy Ray, starring Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer, Lily Collins. Based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Nominated for 3 Emmy Awards -DEPARTURE (Drama Series, 3rd Season) for Peacock, Global Canada and NBCU International Channels, starring Academy Award Winner Christopher Plummer and Emmy Award winner Archie Panjabi. Season 3 airing in 2022. -DELHI CRIME (Drama Series, 2nd Season) for Netflix Written & Directed by award-winning auteur Richie Mehta. Winnter of the International Emmy Award for Best Drama. Season 2 airing 2022. -ROSEMARY'S BABY (4-Hour Miniseries) for NBC. Directed by Agnieszka Holland, starring Zoe Saldana and Jason Isaacs -MAGGIE MOORE(S). Independent film starring Tina Fey and Jon Hamm, directed by John Slattery. releasing in 2022. Show less

    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Co-Head of Scripted Programming
      • Jan 2017 - Mar 2018

      Led the creation and go-to-market strategy of a scripted television and film infrastructure within Raze, a venture backed, digital first content creator co-founded by Sofia Vergara. Oversaw all activity related to development and production of scripted television and feature film while acting in an Executive Producer capacity. Direct report to company CEO. Company sold to Turner. Led the creation and go-to-market strategy of a scripted television and film infrastructure within Raze, a venture backed, digital first content creator co-founded by Sofia Vergara. Oversaw all activity related to development and production of scripted television and feature film while acting in an Executive Producer capacity. Direct report to company CEO. Company sold to Turner.

    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Talent & Literary Manager
      • 2008 - 2014

      Managed the careers of A-list and award winning actors spanning film, television and theater in the US/UK/Europe. Managed the careers of A-list and award winning actors spanning film, television and theater in the US/UK/Europe.

Education

  • Northeastern University
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Leadership and Management
  • American University
    Certificate, Journalism

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