TV producer Dana Eden, who co-created the hit Israeli spy thriller collection “Tehran”, has been discovered useless in a lodge room in Athens, Greek police advised AFP on Monday.
The 52-year-old Israeli nationwide’s physique was discovered Sunday night time at a lodge close to Syntagma Square, within the coronary heart of the Greek capital, the power stated.
“An autopsy has been ordered, the surveillance cameras have been reviewed, and everything seems to indicate it was a suicide,” a police spokesperson stated.
Eden had arrived in Athens on February 4 for the taking pictures of the fourth season of the Emmy-winning collection, broadcast internationally on Apple TV.
“This is a moment of profound pain for the family, friends, and colleagues,” her firm, Donna and Shula Productions, stated in an announcement.
The agency stated rumors suggesting her loss of life was the results of a legal act or linked to her nationality had been “incorrect and unfounded”.
“We ask that Dana’s dignity and the privacy of her loved ones be respected,” the assertion stated.
The first three seasons of “Tehran”, which centered on a Mossad agent working undercover within the Iranian capital, had been filmed in Athens.
Shooting of the fourth season was delayed after the assaults carried out by Hamas in Israel on October 7, 2023, and the next bombardments of Gaza.
The present has change into some of the internationally bought Israeli productions, and received the Emmy Award for Best Drama Series in 2021.
In 2023, Eden and co-producer Shula Spiegel advised the podcast “Outside the Frame” how they’d made a large wager on “Tehran”.
Drawn to Athens after Eden took a household trip there and determined it will make a superb stand-in for the Iranian capital, the pair utilized for and received Greek authorities funding geared toward drawing worldwide TV and movie productions to the nation.
But then the coronavirus pandemic hit, delaying on-site manufacturing — and their funding — by months.
“I mortgaged my house to produce ‘Tehran’ and complete the filming,” Eden advised the podcast, saying she and Spiegel had been “both crazy”, “irresponsibly optimistic” and took “insane risks”.
But the wager paid off when the pair signed with Apple TV in what she stated was “a deal on a scale unheard of for an Israeli series until then”.
The collection, which stars Niv Sultan, has additionally featured the likes of actors Glenn Close and Hugh Laurie.
Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar posted on social media that Eden was “one of the most prominent and influential producers in the Israeli television industry”.
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