Dana Eden, a producer and creator of the show Tehran, died at 52 during filming of the fourth season in Greece, Israeli media confirmed on Monday.
According to Greek media sources, Eden was found dead in a hotel in Athens on Sunday. Local police began an investigation into the circumstances of her death.
Eden began her career in television when she produced the pilot episode of the show Chalomot Ne’urim, which aired in 1998. Since then, she has become one of Israel’s most prestigious women producers, working on shows such as Saving the Wildlife, She Has It, Magpie, and Shakshouka.
In 2007, Eden partnered with producer Shula Spiegel to found Donna and Shula Productions, through which Tehran and many of Eden’s other works are produced.
“We are shocked and saddened by the untimely passing of our beloved friend and partner, Dana Eden,” Donna and Shula Productions told Walla. “Dana, a gifted and internationally renowned creator, has been active in the industry for over thirty years, and over the past eighteen years at the production company Dana and Shula Productions has won multiple awards, including an Emmy Award for producing the international series Tehran.”
KAN, a primary Israeli broadcast network that worked with Eden, released a statement on her death, saying that “We are saddened by the passing of our friend and partner in a long line of productions, series, and programs. Dana was among the senior figures in the Israeli television industry and was a central figure in the creation and leadership of some of the most prominent and influential productions in the corporation.”