Wim De Smet

As a director and editor in chief, Wim worked for 10 years on unscripted formats before making the switch to scripted in 2015.
He is the creator and director of ‘Dertigers’ (Thirtysomethings) a series of ‘authentic fiction’ that has been going strong for 7 seasons in his native Belgium. (VRT1)

This two-time Rose d’or nominated series has been successfully adapted in The Netherlands (BNNVARA), the French speaking part of Belgium (RTBF/Tipik) and was bought by TV5MONDE and Disney+.

In 2020 Wim became Head of Authentic Fiction at Warner Bros ITVP Belgium. In 2024 his department was producing 5 series for different channels in Belgium.