Sky Studios Appoints Preethi Mavahalli to Lead In-House Drama Crew

Sky Studios, the pattern, production and commissioning arm for Sky Fashioned comedy and drama, has appointed Preethhi Mavahalli to the newly-created function of artistic director, drama to result within the in-home drama crew and oversee a slate of of long-established productions for the U.Okay.

Mavahalli joins from Poldark producer Tall Cloak veil, where she is currently director of drama, and has a checklist of credit that entails The Serpent, Noughts + Crosses and The Battle of the Worlds. Outdated to becoming a member of Tall in 2011, she worked at Film4 and Movie London.

“I had been staring at Sky Fashioned drama dawdle from strength to strength in recent times, at all times elevating the bar with ambitious and ground-breaking sequence. With the launch of Sky Studios, and its unrivalled ambitions and capability to partner with skill, the bar has been build even greater and I’d no longer pass up the opportunity to lead in-home drama. I’m able to’t wait to originate.”

On this newly created function, Mavahalli will document to chief convey material officer Jane Millichip, and is determined to hitch Sky Studios in January 2022. Mavahalli’s crew will encompass executive producers Kara Manley, Victoria Wharton, Serena Thompson and Beverly Brooker, and he or she will work alongside director of commissioning for drama, Gabriel Silver.

“Preethi is an great skill. Her instincts for figuring out great solutions and creating them into world-class tv is 2nd to none. We couldn’t be extra mad to be pleased her lead the following phase of Sky Studios’ push into in-home drama pattern and production,” stated Jane Millichip, Sky Studios’ chief convey material officer.

Sky Studios is creating a differ of in-home projects across Europe, with production already underway on The Rising for Sky UK and Blocco 181 for Sky Italia. Every sequence are build to air subsequent year.