Maria Silver joined the New York office of Optomen in 2005 in the newly created role of Executive in Charge of Production.
Before joining Optomen, Maria was the Production Executive at BBC Production USA overseeing the production of over 150 hours of programming a year including the long running series “What Not To Wear” and “While You Were Out” for TLC.
Originally from the UK, Maria moved to New York in 1991 to production manage the Channel 4 series “Manhattan Cable” and has been based there ever since.
With over 15 years of production experience in both the US and the UK markets, Maria has managed programs for HBO, DCI, Court TV, the BBC and Channel 4, including Louis Theroux’s “Weird Weekends” and the feature documentaries “Party Monster” and “The Big One”.