{"id":20245,"date":"2024-02-29T10:17:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-alums-set-up-romanian-production-company\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T10:17:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:17:28","slug":"hbo-europe-alums-set-up-romanian-production-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-alums-set-up-romanian-production-company\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Europe Alums Set Up Romanian Production Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former HBO Europe executives Ioanina Pavel and Johnathan Young have launched the production company May One to produce premium TV dramas in Romania for local and international audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Bucharest, the company will develop, produce and provide creative partnership for quality series shot in Romania, discover new writers and ideas within the country and invite collaborations from across Europe and beyond. Its first commission, the original Netflix series <em>Subteran<\/em>, is currently shooting.<\/p>\n<p><em>Subteran<\/em>, first announced in October last year, is being produced alongside Tudor Reu (Mobra Films).<\/p>\n<p>Young and Pavel both have many years of experience developing and producing dramas in Romania and Central Europe. At HBO Europe, Young served as VP of original production and oversaw HBO\u2019s slate of original local-language series in the region. His executive producer credits include the Polish series <em>Wataha<\/em> (<em>The Pack<\/em>), the Romanian-German co-production <em>Hackerville<\/em> and, most recently, the Cold War spy drama <em>Spy\/Master<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Pavel began as a development executive at HBO Romania, working on the Romanian gangster drama <em>Umbre<\/em> (<em>Shadows<\/em>) and <em>Hackerville<\/em>, before going on to produce a variety of series, including the romantic drama <em>RUXX<\/em>, the reality contest <em>One True Singer<\/em> and <em>Spy\/Master<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRomania is a hotbed for creativity, and the country provides an enticing and fascinating backdrop for TV,\u201d Young said. \u201cWith our knowledge and network in this vibrant, exciting space, we want to be a hub for local talent to attract collaborations and create high-quality drama that brings a different flavor to international audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pavel added, \u201cHere in Romania, we have ideas that won\u2019t be found anywhere else\u2014and the creative talent to back them up. Our aim is to elevate these for local and global audiences, tapping into our unique vision and landscape to create bold genre shows that feel unique and distinctive but have broad appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former HBO Europe executives Ioanina Pavel and Johnathan Young have launched the production company May One to produce premium TV dramas in Romania for local and international audiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":20246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[8620,8621,8622],"class_list":["post-20245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ioanina-pavel","tag-johnathan-young","tag-may-one","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HBO Europe Alums Set Up Romanian Production Company - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-alums-set-up-romanian-production-company\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HBO Europe Alums Set Up Romanian Production Company - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former HBO Europe executives Ioanina Pavel and Johnathan Young have launched the production company May One to produce premium TV dramas in Romania for local and international audiences.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-alums-set-up-romanian-production-company\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-29T15:17:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-29T15:17:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/MayOneJohnathanYoungandIoaninaPavel-0224.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"397\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-alums-set-up-romanian-production-company\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-alums-set-up-romanian-production-company\/\",\"name\":\"HBO Europe Alums Set Up Romanian Production Company - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-29T15:17:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-29T15:17:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-alums-set-up-romanian-production-company\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-alums-set-up-romanian-production-company\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-alums-set-up-romanian-production-company\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"HBO Europe Alums Set Up Romanian Production Company\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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