Dana Goldberg

Dana Goldberg is an Israeli poet, filmmaker and playwright, known for films such as Alice and Death of a Poetess.

born 1979The film AliceThe film Death of a PoetessPoetry collection Orange CoralsCofounding Kinoclan

Born: 1 March 1979, Herzliya
Occupation: film director, poet, writer, executive producer
Education: Beit Berl College

Dana Goldberg was born in 1979 in Herzliya

Dana Goldberg was born on March 1, 1979, in Herzliya. Her father was a pilot and her mother worked at a bank. As a child she studied photography, music, plastic art and writing.

After high school she studied at HaMidrasha and at Beit Berl College, and began writing poetry. Her poems appeared in journals such as Iton 77 and Helicon. Her first collection, Orange Corals, came out in 2011, followed by Direct Sun in 2020.

From 2003 she made short films, and Alligator won her an emerging director award in Rehovot. Her first feature, Alice, came out in 2012 and won 3 awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival. In 2018 she released Death of a Poetess, made with Efrat Mishori.

In 2016 she and Mishori founded Kinoclan, a nonprofit for works told from women's perspectives. She also wrote the plays Father, Mother, Whore and Esti of the Pines. Her film Debbie Was Here premiered at the Haifa festival in 2023, and her third poetry book was published in 2026.

Milestones in Dana Goldberg's life

1979
Born in Herzliya.
2003
Began making short films.
2005
Invited to the Berlin Film Festival's Young Talent Campus.
2010
Her play Father, Mother, Whore was staged as a directed reading.
2011
Published her first poetry collection, Orange Corals.
2012
Released her first feature film, Alice.
2016
Cofounded the nonprofit Kinoclan with Efrat Mishori.
2018
Released Death of a Poetess.
2023
Her film Debbie Was Here won an award at the Haifa International Film Festival.