Katherine Newman is a British screenwriter and producer.
Newman worked as executive producer of drama at the production company
Impossible Pictures and worked together with
Tim Haines
Tim Haines is a screenwriter, producer and director who is best known for his work on the BBC popular science shows ''Walking with Dinosaurs'', ''Walking with Beasts'', and ''Walking with Monsters''. He is co-creator and executive producer o ...
on the science fiction series ''
Primeval
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'', produced for
ITV
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ITV
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, for about nine years.
She was promoted to associate producer for ''Primeval''
's
fourth and
fifth series (2011).
Newman also worked as
executive producer
Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights o ...
on the Canadian spinoff of the series, ''
Primeval: New World''.
When ITV created its drama unit in 2013, Haines was hired as creative director and Newman was hired as executive producer of drama. In 2013, she helped develop the series ''
Sinbad''. In 2016, she created the series ''
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands'' together with Haines.
Filmography
Writer
Producer
References
Living people
British television directors
British television producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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