Danny Lerner was born in Israel, his industry career started with working in the distribution of films: he went on to manage a cinema chain and subsequently moved into production when he joined Nu World Productions in 1986. Since then, he has produced over 70 films, shot on location in South Africa, Namibia, Israel, Mexico, Bulgaria, Canada and United States. In 2003, he found a Tosca Pictures with a long time friend, Les Weldon with whom he's written and produced many movies. Both of them continue to work closely on many future projects. His directorial credits include "Traitor's Heart" (1999) with Bryan Genessse and "Shark Zone" (2003) with Dean Cochran, which was followed by "Raging Sharks" (2005), "Rin Tin Tin" (2006), "Shark in Venice" (2007) and "Direct Contact" (2008) with Dolph Lundgren.