With four films under his belt—two shorts and two documentaries—33-year-old writer, director and producer Richard Pitman is going places.
Richard got his start working as a writer with the long-running radio serial drama “Merundoi” and that happened quite by chance.
According to him, a friend of his, Joel Simpson, knowing his knack for writing, heard of a workshop that catered for writers and producers and contacted him immediately. Richard did not hesitate but rushed down the following day to find out more. When the workshop started soon after, he was seated among the 30-plus attendees. According him, he had felt intimidated at the time since from the looks of it, just about everyone else there was a professional or had some sort of experience.
In the end, however, only four persons were chosen to write and produce for “Merundoi” and Richard was among them. “I was very elated, surprised and overwhelmed that I’d be able to do something that I love. This was in March, 2006; I remember that well,” he said.
Since then he has kept on living his dreams; a glimpse back at his childhood provides proof that dreams do come true.
Born on February 25, 1982 at the Georgetown Public Hospital to Amaya Jaikaran and Ovid Pitman (now deceased), Richard is the eldest of four children; he has two sisters and a brother. Growing up poor saw them moving to
