James Wiseman - Co Owner / Director

Tas Brooker is an award-winning producer and director with over 20 years of experience creating high quality programming for both national and international broadcasters. Recently Tas finished her debut feature length documentary “When We Speak”. This film explores the stories of three courageous women who each (at great personal risk) stood up for what they believed in, exposing injustices committed by some of the most powerful people on earth. When We Speak was nominated for Best Documentary at the prestigious Raindance Film Festival, Longlisted for a BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) Discovery Award and won Best Documentary at the Whistleblowers Summit and Film Festival.

Throughout her career Tas has worked on a huge variety of programming with highlights including Production Managing the BBC’s flagship investigative series “Panorama” and overseeing several series of the international motoring show “Wheeler Dealers”, which under the tenure grew to become one of the most watched motoring programmes in the world and show in over 200 territories. Tas also assisted in setting up the international mega-hit “The Grand Tour” for Amazon Prime and Line Managed the feature film, Ben Collins: Stunt Driver for Lionsgate.

Tas started Wiser Films with business partner Jim Wiseman in 2017, with the aim of building on her extensive experience in both documentary and factual entertainment programming. To date Wiser Films has produced a wide variety of high-quality programming including “Making a Monarch: The Young Queen” (C4), Hitlers Supercars (C4), as well as the returning ITV4 series “The Car Years”. Wiser Films has also produced branded content for Formula 1, event coverage of Goodwood SpeedWeek and is currently finishing a major feature documentary for Williams Formula One.

Tas is currently working on several documentary and Fact-Ent projects for both major domestic and international broadcasters, these include Netflix, Channel 4, and ITV to name but a few.

James Wiseman a.k.a Jim, carved out a career in TV working on show’s like They Think it’s all Over and Friends like These then Top Gear came calling.  Jim was part of the creative team that put together Top Gear’s 2002-2015 format which made the series a global phenomenon and the most watched factual entertainment series in the world.  From sourcing the studio and track complex, through formatting the stunts, jumps and races, to filming road tests all over the world.

After Top Gear Jim then went on to make Lewis Hamilton: Billion Dollar Man and Executive Produced acclaimed documentary Hammond Meets Moss for the BBC before directing promos for major brands Red Bull Racing, Lotus F1, Scuderia Ferrari and Pirelli alongside BBC and Channel 4 F1 coverage on TV.

In 2014 Jim Series Produced and Directed The Classic Car Show for Sony Pictures Television.  In 2015 teamed up with former Top Gear colleague Ben Collins to direct Ben Collins Stunt Driver for Lionsgate UK.  In 2017, Jim set up Wiser Films with Tas Brooker, directing behind the scenes features for Fast and Furious Live, prime time Channel 4 documentary Hitler’s Supercars, producing on feature documentary When We Speak as well as creating and directing returnable format The Car Years for ITV.