---
name: "Jan DeWitt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jan-dewitt"
fi1m_id: "jan-dewitt"
imdb_id: "nm0223209"
tmdb_id: 2798749
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "25 November 1946"
died: "29 January 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:45:16.496972+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jan DeWitt

## Identity

Jan DeWitt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jan-dewitt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jan-dewitt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0223209
- **TMDB ID:** 2798749
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223209/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2798749

Producer. Born 25 November 1946 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. Died 29 January 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 25 November 1946, Santa Barbara, California, USA
- **Died:** 29 January 2022
- **Active:** 1984–2005
- **Also known as:** Jan De Witt
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 producing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 81 (1), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223209/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2798749

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jan DeWitt was an American television producer and production manager. Born in Santa Barbara, California, he began his career in the film and television industry as a prop assistant and set painter before advancing to roles including second assistant director and unit production manager on series such as *Miami Vice* (1984) and *Sliders* (1995).

He later worked as a producer and co-producer on *The Pretender* (1996) and *Judging Amy* (1999), and served as producer and co-executive producer on *Bones* (2005) across more than 200 episodes. DeWitt died in Santa Barbara on 29 January 2022.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bones* (2005), series, Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, Co-Producer, Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *The Pretender* (1996), series, Co-Producer, Producer
- *Bermuda Triangle* (1996), Co-Producer
- *Nowhere Man* (1995), series, Coordinating Producer
- *Sliders* (1995), series, Unit Production Manager
- *Staying Afloat* (1993), Co-Producer
- *A Year in the Life* (1987), series, First Assistant Director
- *Otherworld* (1985), series, First Assistant Director
- *The New Leave It to Beaver* (1984), series, First Assistant Director
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, First Assistant Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), Second Assistant Director
- *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* (1983), series, Second Unit First Assistant Director
- *Stroker Ace* (1983), Second Assistant Director
- *The Return of a Man Called Horse* (1976), Location Manager

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