Jacqui Pitman is widely known throughout Hollywood as “The Casting Director with an Executive Producer’s eye.”

Jacqui began her casting career in the late 80’s for the hit dating show, Love Connection and Fox’s Hit Studs. She quickly moved up the ladder and became Casting Director on multiple shows in no time.

In the late 90’s, after conquering the casting world, Pitman left casting for the next 17 years to be a TV Producer. Success came quick when in 2004; Jacqui developed and co-executive produced ABC’s Hit Plastic Surgery show, the original Extreme Makeover while working as the VP of Development for Lighthearted Entertainment. She also created and executive produced the MTV hit show Next! She takes pride in admitting the inspiration behind the show Next! was her own dating life.

In 2009 after working on the casting side and the producing side, Jacqui realized that casting is the backbone of a great reality show so she decided to marry her television development experience with her casting skills and formed Partypit Productions Inc. and Pitman Casting Inc. PartyPit Productions Inc. is the development arm of Pitman Casting Inc.

Pitman Casting is a full service reality television casting company. Located in the heart of the television industry, Burbank, CA. Along with her partner and SVP of Production, John Kennamann, and her two Co-Casting Directors, JR Pittman and Jerry Artukovich, Pitman oversees the casting process from development to delivery.

Pitman Casting Inc. specialize in all things reality; hosts of game and talk shows, experts, comedians, docu-soaps, occupational casting, competitive reality shows and more. Pitman and her team of casting producers handle the creative, outreach, interviewing and cast selection, while Kennamann and his production team handle all things logistical; such as background checks, applicant releases and agreements, medical and psyche exams and casting finals.

Over the past several years Pitman Casting has cast over 300 shows. Some of which include reality shows such as: Big Brother 2, Syfy’s Face Off 1-13, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge and Hot Set. The premiere season of NBC’s Hollywood Game Night, GSN’s hit game shows Divided and Baggage on the Road. Bravo’s Who Wants to be a Supermodel? Discovery’s Dual Survival and I, Caveman, as well as VH1’s Dating  Naked.

Currently, Jacqui Pitman is the Executive Producer of a reality TV docu-series that she created and casted, in partnership with Asylum Entertainment for the Bravo Television Network, called To Rome for Love.To Rome for Love focuses on five single, African-American women as they head to Italy with relationship expert Diann Valentine, to find themselves while searching for “The One”.

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