Francesca Orsi(II)
- Executive
- Producer
Francesca Orsi is EVP and Head of Drama, HBO Programming for Home Box Office, responsible for developing and overseeing the production of original drama series. She was named to this position in June 2016.
Orsi oversees all the network's drama series including Lovecraft Country, Perry Mason, Watchmen, Euphoria, The Outsider, His Dark Materials, My Brilliant Friend, and Succession, which won both the most recent Emmy® and Golden Globe® awards for Best Drama Series. Her upcoming projects include The Undoing, Mare of Easttown, The Nevers, The Gilded Age, The Third Day, Scenes From A Marriage, and We Are Who We Are.
In the past, she was involved with dramas Game of Thrones, Big Little Lies, True Blood, The Leftovers, In Treatment, Boardwalk Empire, Tell Me You Love Me, Vinyl, Big Love, and the acclaimed comedy Getting On.
Orsi joined HBO in 2003 as an executive assistant to the head of Drama. She was named a creative associate in 2005 and rose through the ranks from Manager, HBO Entertainment (now HBO Programming) to Director, Development, HBO Entertainment in 2008. She was promoted to Vice President, HBO Entertainment in 2011, and to senior vice president, HBO Programming in 2014.
Prior to HBO, she worked as an agent trainee at Paradigm and the William Morris Agency.
She earned an M.F.A. in Film & Teleplay Writing at the University of Southern California.
Orsi oversees all the network's drama series including Lovecraft Country, Perry Mason, Watchmen, Euphoria, The Outsider, His Dark Materials, My Brilliant Friend, and Succession, which won both the most recent Emmy® and Golden Globe® awards for Best Drama Series. Her upcoming projects include The Undoing, Mare of Easttown, The Nevers, The Gilded Age, The Third Day, Scenes From A Marriage, and We Are Who We Are.
In the past, she was involved with dramas Game of Thrones, Big Little Lies, True Blood, The Leftovers, In Treatment, Boardwalk Empire, Tell Me You Love Me, Vinyl, Big Love, and the acclaimed comedy Getting On.
Orsi joined HBO in 2003 as an executive assistant to the head of Drama. She was named a creative associate in 2005 and rose through the ranks from Manager, HBO Entertainment (now HBO Programming) to Director, Development, HBO Entertainment in 2008. She was promoted to Vice President, HBO Entertainment in 2011, and to senior vice president, HBO Programming in 2014.
Prior to HBO, she worked as an agent trainee at Paradigm and the William Morris Agency.
She earned an M.F.A. in Film & Teleplay Writing at the University of Southern California.