Founded in 1995 by Jim Casey, Painless is an Emmy-nominated production company that develops and creates content for the largest entertainment companies in the world. Painless projects range from documentary, reality and formatted series to dramatized recreations, scripted live-action, features and animation. Painless’ current and recent projects include: several successful paranormal series for T
ravel Channel/Discovery+, including “The Dead Files” (now in its 14th season), the comedy-infused paranormal talk show “Fright Club” starring Jack Osbourne and The Ghost Brothers, the genre-busting "Ghost Brothers: Lights Out," and the critically acclaimed “The Holzer Files,” based on the recently discovered case files of America’s first ghost hunter; two gripping Investigation Discovery true-crime series “Reasonable Doubt” (now in its 4th season) and “Stranger Among Us"; the Disney+/NatGeo Wild series “Out There with Jack Randall,” following Steve Irwin’s protégé; two National Geographic SharkFest specials “Man vs. Shark” and “Most Wanted Sharks“; and HGTV’s “Hot Properties: San Diego." Other recent projects include the top-rated, darkly comedic, Lifetime Movies/LMN recreation series “My Crazy Ex,” and its spinoff series “My Crazy Sex,” as well as several seasons of the popular horror-themed recreation series “My Haunted House,” airing on A&E, LMN, Destination America and Travel Channel; the highly rated original Lifetime Movie “House of Darkness” and its latest installment “House of Darkness: New Blood”; and the terrifying recreation series “Evil Things” for TLC (re-airing on Travel Channel as “Haunted Things”). Painless also created and produced Discovery Channel’s “Highway To Sell” automotive series, as well as Travel Channel’s “Sand Masters,” producing 28 episodes of the comedic build-and-reveal series from exotic locations around the world. Painless has also produced more than 130 hours of “The Eukanuba Tournament of Champions,” a series of live event dog shows for Animal Planet, and the multiple award-winning, quirky comic documentary, “Cat People.”
From eccentric character-driven projects like “The Lady with 700 Cats” to the literally hypnotic series “Seeing Stars” and the explosively innovative “Sand Blasters” competition series, Painless projects are instantly recognizable by their unique approach to visual storytelling.
