WARNERMEDIA EXPANDS ITS ORIGINALS TEAM IN ASIA

WarnerMedia has boosted its HBO Asia Originals team, appointing industry veteran May-Yi Lee as the lead of Development & Production – Unscripted, while Garon De Silva has been named the new lead of Development & Production – Scripted.

16 JUL 2021
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May-Yi Lee and Garon De Silva

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WarnerMedia has boosted its HBO Asia Originals team, appointing industry veteran May-Yi Lee as the lead of Development & Production – Unscripted, while Garon De Silva has been named the new lead of Development & Production – Scripted. Taiwan-based Lee is an award-winning executive producer who has worked with Asian storytellers on hundreds of productions over more than 20 years. She joins WarnerMedia from National Geographic, where she joined forces with creative talent across Southeast Asia, Japan and China.

“As we continue to grow our team, May-Yi will be integral to our search and development of quality unscripted programming. With her rich experience and industry connections, she will be able to deliver against our considerable ambitions, especially in the documentary and reality TV genres. At the same time, Garon will now focus entirely on scripted originals. He is tasked with expanding our slate of original Asian scripted entertainment and leading the team that brings to life the region’s best stories,”  said Magdalene Ew, Head of Content – Entertainment at WarnerMedia in India, Southeast Asia and Korea.

One of Lee’s many notable projects include the “Extreme China” series, which was ranked in the top-10 “Most Influential Documentaries in China” by Guangming Daily (2018) and was named “Best Direction” and “Best Documentary Series” at the 2019 Asian Academy Creative Awards. Other credits include “Jackie Chan’s Green Heroes,” “Cesar’s Recruit Asia,” and “Taiwan: Island of Fish”.

A founding member of the HBO Asia Originals team, De Silva has overseen the development of scripted HBO Asia Originals including “Dream Raider” (2020), “Invisible Stories” (2020), “Food Lore” (2019), “Folklore” (2018), “Grisse” (2018), “Halfworlds S2” (2017), “The Teenage Psychic S1” (2017), and “Sent” (2017). He was also co-creator and showrunner for “Grace” (2014) and “Halfworlds S1” (2015).

Upcoming originals include documentary “Traffickers: Inside The Golden Triangle”; period drama “Legacy”; the second season of the horror series “Folklore”; Thai young-adult drama “Forbidden”; and season 3 of anthology series “Halfworlds”. The Chinese drama “Trinity of Shadows” is currently airing on HBO and streaming on HBO GO.