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Joey Chavez, Executive Vice President, Original Drama Programming, HBO Max
Chavez oversees creative development for HBO Max’s original drama slate, tasked with bringing in distinctive and diverse projects from notable storytellers. He and his drama department manage projects ranging from the reboot of Gossip Girl; James Gunn’s Suicide Squad spinoff-series Peacemaker; The Staircase starring Colin Firth and Toni Colette based on the acclaimed documentary series; Love & Death starring Elizabeth Olsen from David E. Kelley; Tokyo Vice, a multilingual crime series written by JT Rogers, starring Ansel Elgort, and directed by Michael Mann; Generation a half-hour high school dramedy created by teenager Zelda Barnz and her fathers Daniel and Ben Barnz; and an adaptation of the acclaimed novel Station Eleven adapted by Patrick Sommerville and director Hiro Murai. He also shepherded last year’s hit award-winning series, The Flight Attendant starring Kaley Cuoco and Ridley Scott’s TV directorial debut, Raised By Wolves.
Prior to joining HBO Max, Chavez served as SVP of Original Programming at TNT, developing such series as the Emmy® Award-winning The Alienist, which was 2018’s #1 new cable series, and the critically-acclaimed, top-ten cable drama Claws, which explores the nuance of race, class, gender and sexual-orientation.
Before joining the WarnerMedia family, Chavez was VP of Drama Development where he was named one of Hollywood Reporter’s 35 under 35 in 2012. Chavez is also a mentor to rising junior executives with the Los Angeles chapter of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society (HRTS).
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