The man who brought you ‘Westworld’, ‘True Detective’, ‘Sharp Objects,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Knick,’ and ‘True Blood,’ has part ways with HBO.
David Levine, Co-head of Drama at HBO has parted ways with the company and his partner Francesca Orsi will take over. Per Variety:
“David has been a valued member of the HBO family for 10 years and worked on some of our finest shows,” said Casey Bloys, president of programming for HBO. “We look forward to working with him as a producer on projects in the years to come. We’re thrilled that Francesca will step up to head of drama programming.”
Levine was promoted to his current position in 2016. He joined as a consultant in 2009, becoming director of HBO Programming–then known as HBO Entertainment–that same year. In 2011, he was promoted to vice president. He became senior vice president of HBO Programming in 2014.
While Levine was a part of bringing some of HBO’s best shows to the table, he wasn’t the source of the ideas. It takes teams, production staffs, writers, producers and everything you could imagine to bring these amazing stories to life. Regardless of Levine, the stories that HBO creates will be plentiful and innovative as always. However, you can’t deny what he had brought to the table.
