The son of Argentine producer and composer Cris Morena and prolific former Telefe director Gustavo Yankelevich and the brother of actress Romina Yan.
[1] His older sister, actress Romina Yan, died on September 28, 2010, at the Hospital Central de San Isidro, due to a non-traumatic heart attack caused by a aneurysm.
Yankelevich debuted as the producer of talents and reality show Popstars: Argentina, which created girl group Bandana.
In 2005, he directed and wrote the Cris Morena Group series Amor Mio, which starred his sister Romina Yan.
[7] In 2011, Yankelevich produced two series, children-oriented show Super Torpe (aired in Disney Channel) with Pablo Martínez and Candela Vetrano, and Cuando me sonreis, a TELEFE primetime show, with Facundo Arana, Mariana Espósito and Benjamín Rojas.