Jane Wiseman
Head of US TelevisionLos Angeles

Jane Wiseman joined SISTER in 2024 as Head of US Television in Los Angeles.

Prior to joining SISTER, Wiseman served as a creative consultant for Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video where she had a first-look deal to develop and produce series.

Previously, Wiseman was one of the first executives recruited to the Netflix series team in 2013. As VP of Original Series and Head of Comedy, she played a pivotal role in the launch of original series at Netflix. Over her seven-year tenure, Wiseman delivered some of the most acclaimed, award-winning series over the last two decades, including Ozark, Narcos, Dead to Me, Russian Doll, Master of None, Never Have I Ever, Big Mouth, BoJack Horseman and Grace and Frankie. She was instrumental in scaling Netflix's internal studio, while spearheading the content strategy, P&L, development and production of approximately 20 series launches per year.

Prior to Netflix, Wiseman served as SVP, Chernin Entertainment where she was responsible for the development and selling strategy, and worked on New Girl for FOX. Before that, she spent six years at NBC as SVP, Comedy and developed hit series such as Parks and Rec and Community. Wiseman began her career at FOX where she played a critical role in the development of the Emmy Award-winning series Arrested Development. Wiseman graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

WHAT TV SERIES DO YOU WISH YOU’D MADE?

Three-way tie between Breaking Bad, Sopranos and Seinfeld.

WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF PERFECT JOY?

Husband, kids, dog, sunset, ocean/lake view, dry martini.

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STATE OF MIND?

Optimistic.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE JOURNEY?

Don’t Stop Believin’.

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST JOB?

(After college graduation) Assistant to the Head Writer of soap opera, General Hospital. Very glam.