Danny Fisher is CEO and Co-Founder of FilmRise, a New York-based film and television studio that is the world’s largest independent provider of content in the AVOD/FAST space. Danny created a unique data analytics model that set-in motion the company’s successful approach to acquisition and distribution of ad-supported content.
Danny has guided the company from a startup in the basement of his Brooklyn residence in 2012 to leading provider of content to streaming platforms, with tens of thousands of FilmRise titles currently streaming all over the world.
Danny also created the FilmRise Streaming Network, one of the world’s largest independently owned portfolios of ad-supported streaming apps and FAST channels. Danny was an early mover in the world of AVOD and FAST – with FilmRise now on track to having 384 FAST channels live by the end of 2023.
FilmRise offers movies and television shows across all genres, including Gordon Ramsay’s “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Kitchen Nightmares”; the iconic true crime series “Unsolved Mysteries” and “Forensic Files”; the classic American TV series “The Rifleman” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show”; longstanding British favorites such as “Midsomer Murders” and “Doc Martin”; the long time successful reality series “Cheaters” and one of the most streamed shows in the U.S. today, “Heartland.”
Recently, FilmRise launched an originals production division, producing successful shows such as “Meet, Marry, Murder Hosted by Michelle Trachtenberg,” “Bloodline Detectives Hosted by Nancy Grace” and “The Interrogation Room Hosted by Vivica A. Fox.” Danny's company also created the FilmRise Creator Content Program, partnering with some of the most successful creators on YouTube, and is at the forefront of successfully bringing creator content to the living room via streaming platforms.
Before founding FilmRise, Danny was Co-Founder and CEO of City Lights Media Group, a film and television production and distribution company with one of New York’s largest post-production facilities, which created and produced Food Networks’ popular series “Chopped.”