DAVID STERN

JOINT MANAGING DIRECTOR

David joined Playground in 2019 as Senior Vice President of Development & Production, overseeing its slate of television projects in the US. Prior to joining Playground, he was Head of Development & Production at Kippster Entertainment, where he was an Executive Producer on Oscar winner Kenneth Lonergan’s critically acclaimed four part adaptation of HOWARDS END for BBC and Starz, THE LAST TYCOON, starring Kelsey Grammer and Lily Collins for Amazon, and ROSEMARY’S BABY, starring Zoe Saldana, for NBC. He is an Executive Producer on DEPARTURE, starring Archie Punjabi and Christopher Plummer currently airing on Peacock and Producer on the award winning Indian crime drama DELHI CRIME for Netflix. 

David previously served as Co-Head of Scripted Programming for venture capital backed entity Raze, co-founded by Sofia Vergara, where he devised and implemented an international scripted content strategy launch. He began his career as a talent and literary manager at Kipperman Management, where he managed the careers of award-winning actors and writers in both the UK and the US.