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‘Chernobyl’ & ‘Gangs Of London’ Firm Sky Studios Hires CBS Studios International Co-Pros Chief Meghan Lyvers For New Director Of Original Drama Role
08.06.2022 - 14:59 / deadline.com
Sky Studios has hired CBS Studios international co-pros chief Meghan Lyvers as it seeks to significantly scale up its original UK drama output.
Lyvers will become Director of Original Drama, UK & Ireland — a new role that will see her have oversight of all premium original dramas commissioned and produced at the Gangs of London and Chernobyl company, which is Sky’s original programming arm in Europe. She is set to join in late summer in the UK.
Lyvers team will include Gabriel Silver, who was upped to Director of Drama Commissioning last year and will continue to lead on commissioned Sky Original drama projects such as the upcoming The Lazarus Project and The Baby, and Preethi Mavahalli, who joined earlier this year from Mammoth Screen as Creative Director.
Silver and Mavahalli have been overseeing Sky Studios’ drama output in the wake of former Director of Drama Cameron Roach’s exit, which was announced in September 2020. The pair previously reported into Sky Studios Chief Content Officer Jane Millichip, who has now left the business.
Lyvers, who will relocate from CBS Studios’ base in Amsterdam to London will report to Sky Studios CEO Cécile Frot-Coutaz, and work closely with the wider original content teams at Sky UK, Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia.
Currently Senior Vice President and Head of International Co-Productions and Development at CBS Studios, Lyvers has previously developed, packaged and overseen shows such as Showtime’s Bryan Cranston drama Your Honour and Netflix’s Unbelievable and has significant relationships with filmmakers, creators, playwrights, and other partners.
In her current role, Lyvers established the strategic international business vision for Paramount Global-owned CBS Studios, finding and
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