HONG KONG—Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo, showrunner of the upcoming HBO Asia original anthology series “Food Lore,” recently recruited Filipino director Erik Matti to helm an episode of the eight-part show, which starts airing in November.

Prior to this, Khoo gathered fellow auteurs from the region to direct stand-alone stories in another series, the six-part “Folklore,” which was aired by the channel and streamed via HBO Go late last year.