Jan DeWitt, Longtime Producer of Shows Including ‘Bones’ and ‘Judging Amy,’ Dies at 75
variety.comSasha Urban editorJan DeWitt, a longtime television producer of shows including “Bones” and “Judging Amy,” died Jan 29 at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif.
He was 75.DeWitt spent nearly 50 years working in the film and television industry. He began his career as a prop assistant and set painter and worked his way up to assistant director and unit production managerial roles on shows including “Miami Vice,” “Nowhere Man,” “Family Guy” and “The New Leave It To Beaver” before becoming a producer on “Judging Amy” and eventually ending his career in 2017 as an executive producer on “Bones.” Between those two shows alone, he oversaw production of more than 300 episodes of television.
His family, friends and colleagues remember DeWitt as a kind and devoted man who was passionate and capable in all areas of his life, from traveling in his Airstream to overseeing high budget productions.
He is remembered as a devoted father to his daughter, Anika DeWitt Pepper, and as a loving grandfather to her children.One friend, Mark Indig, described DeWitt as “always in motion,” “tough as nails” and “a renaissance man in a farmer John package.” He added: “You’d never know from his appearance or attitude that he had created a paradise on four acres in Mission Canyon in Santa Barbara, where everyone was welcome.
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