About Us
True Vision was formed in 1995 to make television that engages the viewer with issues that matter. Our aim is to bring to the audience character led narratives that entertain but also inform and educate. We have built a particular reputation for human rights related film-making, and for making films that look at issues through the eyes or through the stories of children. But we do other stuff too!
We feel that if we are going to take up an hour or two of a viewer's time, and then leave them feeling angry or otherwise emotional, we owe it to them to make it as easy as possible to become engaged in the issue we have raised. We don't want to make "chewing gum for the eyes", instead (and this is the pretentious bit) we hope that every film we produce makes the world a very slightly better place.
The Team
Brian Woods
Director & Executive Producer
In 1993 he started his first independent production company that evolved into True Vision in the fullness of time.
True Vision has done a bunch of stuff that you probably already know about if you are sufficiently interested in the company as to have delved this far into its website.
Jezza Neumann
Director & Production Executive
Neumann jokes that his kids call him ‘Spy Dad’ – one has even given him a card that says as much, although that gets left at home when he works undercover.
Anna Hall
Candour Executive Producer
Anna is Director & Executive Producer of Candour Productions and sees the company as fulfilling her life-long dream of providing a home for film-makers in the north.
Production
Ness Barnett
Head of Production
In February 2015 True Vision took Ness on as a Production Co-ordinator and Office Assistant. She has since worked her way up to Production Manager and now Head of Production, ensuring that productions run smoothly and managing the finances and budgets.
Adam Louka
Production Manager
Adam joined True Vision in July 2019 as a Production Co-ordinator and has worked his way up to Production Manager. Adam is responsible for overseeing productions, handling production paperwork, contracts, finances and budgets.
Bruce Palmer
Production Accountant
Bruce joined the True Vision family in December 2011 and is responsible for all accounting records and data presented in the companies Trail Balances for the Final Accounts.
Post Production
Paddy Garrick
Head of Post-Production
Paddy runs the post production for all of True Vision’s films, often Grading, mixing and doing the final online as well. Primarily though he is an offline editor
Alex Malcolm
Post-Production Supervisor
Joining in March 2020, Alex has supervised all things post-production, from ingest, edit and backup. More recently though he has become the Colourist for all the latest projects.
Research & Development
Sally Wardle
Head of Development
Sally is a former national newspaper journalist who joined True Vision in November 2020, and now heads up the Development team. She works across both development and productions – seeing ideas through from their very early stages to broadcast.
Will Hecker
Development AP
Will joined True Vision in March 2022. He develops ideas from inception to commission, drawing upon prior experience in market research and filmmaking to develop non-fiction television.
Natasha McCabe
Assistant Producer
Natasha joined True Vision in October 2022 and works both in development and on productions. She has a passion for storytelling, and spends her days coming up with new ideas and securing contributors and access for all kinds of non-fiction TV programmes.
Tilly Wax
Production Assistant & Development Researcher
Tilly joined True Vision in April 2023. She splits her time between both Production and Development, helping to coordinate shoots, manage kit and generate programme ideas.