Television Producer and director with many years experience in the U.K. and Central Europe. Now producer with our own small company based in Bucharest. Prior to that - 10 years as VP of original production for HBO in Central EuropeMore...
Ioanina Pavel
Producer@May One
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As head of HBO’s Original Production Department in Romania, Ioanina built up a healthy slate and creative-produced local dramas, docu-series and reality series – among them bubbly rom-com RUXX, hybrid shiny-floor and house-reality series One True Singer, and taut spy thriller Spy/Master, which world-premiered in competition at the 2023 Berlinale and aired on BBC4 in May 2024.
In May 2023, the month after HBO shut down its production arm in the region, Ioanina co-founded prod-co May One with Johnathan Young. May One’s first commission, SUBTERAN, a 6-part thriller for Netflix, premiered in January 2025 and placed in the top 10 across 69 countries. It’s currently deemed by analysts the most successful title internationally from Romania.More...