Jason Wise is an American filmmaker known for his wine documentaries (SOMM, SOMM: Into the Bottle, SOMM 3),^[1] Wait for Your Laugh featuring Rose Marie,^[2] The Delicacy^[3] about sea urchin divers, and the streaming service SOMM TV.^[4]

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Wise was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended film school at Chapman University in Orange, California.^{[citation needed]}

Wise's senior thesis film, “90,” played on the international film festival circuit.^{[citation needed]} After Hurricane Katrina, he was hired to document the efforts of Cisco Systems as they rebuilt Gulf Coast schools.^{[citation needed]} In 2011 he was the director and show runner for the PBS series Escapeseeker for two seasons.^{[citation needed]}

His first documentary SOMM, released in 2012, followed four candidates for the Master Sommelier examination.^[5]

Wise followed SOMM with SOMM: Into the Bottle in 2015^[6] and SOMM 3 in 2018.^[7] In 2017, he made Wait for Your Laugh. about Rose Marie.^{[citation needed]} In 2020 he madeThe Delicacy, about sea urchin divers in Santa Barbara.^[8] The Whole Animal was released in 2022.^[9] A fourth film in the SOMM series, Cup of Salvation, was in production as of 2020.^[10]

In 2019, Wise and others launched food and wine streaming service SOMM TV.^[11]

Wise's production company is called Forgotten Man Films.^{[citation needed]}

Jason is married to writer/producer Christina Wise. They have two children.^{[citation needed]}

• SOMM (director)
• SOMM: Into the Bottle (director)
• SOMM 3 (director)
• Wait For Your Laugh (director)
• The Delicacy (director)
• Escapeseeker 13 episodes 2011-2012  (director)
• Uncorked 6 episodes 2015 (executive producer)

In 2015, Wise was named one of the “40 Most Influential” people in the world of beverages under the age of forty by Wine Enthusiast Magazine.^[12] In 2019 he was named Documentarian of the Year at the Kodak Awards.^[13]