Daria Leygonie-Fialko (maiden name Fialko; born 9 July 1979) is a Ukrainian media manager, producer and the founder of TV production company Space.[1] Co-founder of The Organization of Ukrainian Producers.[2]

Daria Leygonie-Fialko
Дар'я Легоні-Фіалко
Born (1979-07-09) 9 July 1979 (age 45)
Kyiv, Ukraine
CitizenshipUkraine
Alma materTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Occupation(s)film producer, media manager
Known forco-founder of Space production company
Websitehttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm6358637

Early life and education

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Fialko was born on 9 July 1979 in Kyiv, in the family of theater critics.[3][4] Father, Valery Oleksiyovych Fialko—Honored Art Worker of Ukraine, professor, head of the Department of Theater Studies, teacher of theatrical criticism and history of Russian cheater at Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theater, Cinema and Television University. Mother, Huievska Olga Yuriivna—theater expert, deputy director for research at The State Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema of Ukraine.[5]

In 2001, Fialko graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Faculty of Foreign Philology with a degree in Romano-Germanic Languages and Literature. In 2006, she received an MBA degree from the International Institute of Management (Ukraine-Switzerland) in the speciality "Foreign Economic Activity Management".[6][7]

Career

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During her studies at the university, from 1997 to 1999, Fialko worked as a journalist in the press service of the Ukrainian TV channel "1 + 1", at the same time she was an interpreter and moderator of press conferences at "Molodist" film festival.[6]

From 2002 to 2005 Fialko was the Head of Film Acquisitions at 1+1 TV channel, and in 2005 she became the Programming Director of this channel.[8]

Three years later, in 2008, Fialko started her work at the Star Media film company as the Producer-In-Chief of television projects. Among her projects are such popular Ukrainian shows as "Maidan's" and "Maidan's-2" on Inter TV channel, "People's Star-2" ("People's Star") and "People's Star-3" on "Ukraine" and others. In 2011 Fialko has left the Star Media film company.[7][9][10][11][12]

From December 2011 until August 2016, she was the General Manager of the Russian TV-channel TV-3.[13][14][15][16]

From September 2016 until April 2018, Fialko worked as the General Manager of CTC, the biggest entertainment channel in Russia.[17][18][19]

In June 2018, Fialko founded the TV production company Space together with her partner Katerina Laskari. Space has been created as a full-cycle production house, as well as a creative producer's centre, generating content for Ukraine and worldwide.[20]

One of the first projects were the Ukrainian series "SLID" ("Trace")[21][17] and "SLIPA" ("The Blind") for STB TV channel. The company produces comedies, detective stories, sports dramas, melodramas etc., such as "Nevirna" ("The Adulteress"),[22][23] "Ridnya" ("The Kinfolk”),[24][25] “Vodna polizia” ("Water Police”),[26][27][28] "Last Axel",[29][8] "DreamTeam"[1] and others.

According to the independent study by MRM (Media Resources Management), Space Production became the leader in terms of the number of episodes produced for Ukrainian television in 2020.[30]

In March 2022, together with other biggest names in Ukrainian TV production industry, Fialko co-founded The Organization of Ukrainian Producers (OUP). The main task of OUP is to film documentary projects[31] and feature films[32] on Russian military aggression on the territory of Ukraine.[33][34]   

Personal life

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Married, her husband Antoine Leygonie-Fialko is French by nationality, the couple has two children.[5]

Awards

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2013 — The Firm's Secret magazine named Fialko "the youngest general director of a federal television channel in the Russian Federation"[35]

2016 — "Anna The Detective" series - the winner of Film and Television Producers Association Award in the nomination "Best TV series (more than 24 episodes)"[36][37]

2018 — the series "Flying Crew" - winner of TEFI-2018 award in the nomination "Television serial comedy / Sitcom"[38][39]

Producer

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Documentary

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2023 - Art in War (together Broadview TV for Arte TV channel)[40]

TV series

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2024 — C.O.D.E. («STB»)

2022 — The Water Police («Ukraine TV channel»)[41]

2021 — The Last Axel (original for MEGOGO online platform)[29][42]

2021 — Unfaithful («STB»)[43]

2020 — Folks («1+1»)

2020 until present — The Trace («STB»)

2020 until present — The Blind («STB»)

2018 — New Man («CTC»)

2018 — Girls Don't Give Up («CTC»)

2018 — Rocking Crew (Season 1) («CTC»)

2018 — Team B («CTC»)

2017 — Psychologists (Season 1) («CTC»)

2017-2018 — The Junior Team (seasons 5 and 6) («CTC»)

2017-2018 — The Ivanovs vs. The Ivanovs (seasons 1 and 2) («CTC»)

2017 — The Unknown («TV-3»)

2016 — Anna The Detective («TV-3»)

2014 — Thirteen («TV-3»)

2012-2016 — The Fifth Guard («TV-3»)

2008 — The Champion («TV-3»)[44][7][45]

TV projects

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2011 — entertainment show Maidan's 2 («Inter»)

2011 — entertainment dancing show Maidan's («Inter»)

2011 — studio game show Women's Logic («1 + 1»)

2009 — talent show People's Star-3 («Ukraine TV channel»)

2008 — talent show People's Star-2 («Ukraine TV channel»)

2008 — magazine Galileo («К1»)

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TVBIZZ Magazine — SPACE Production Makes a Splash at NATPE Budapest // June 2024

Variety — Industry Strikes Defiant Note in Berlin Two Years After Russian Invasion: ‘War Is Our Reality. It Is Not Our Identity’ // February 2024

TBI — TBI’s 2024 Predictions: Daria Leygonie-Fialko, founder, Space Production // January 2024

TBI — TBI’s 2023 Predictions: Daria Leygonie-Fialko, CEO SPACE Production & co-founder OUP // January 2022

Cineuropa — Daria Leygonie-Fialko and Kateryna Laskari spoke about the current state of Ukrainian TV production, the opening of their Paris-based office and the future of Ukraine’s audiovisual industry // June 2022

TVBIZZ Magazine — New Ukrainian Documentaries Tell the Stories of the War // June 2022

TBI — Telcos & Netflix disrupting business models amid scripted evolution // June 2022

"Media Heads" — "Space Production" founders about how media became life, the way to own business and the formula of success // December 2021

MBR — Producers, distributors and showrunners - about how to raise domestic series to a new level // October 2021

MBR — How Daria Fialko's production shoots Slid ("The Trace) series for STB // March 2020

MBR — Daria Leygonie-Fialko and her company Space Production launched pitching ideas // February 2020

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