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 of the ITV sci-fi drama Primeval, and founder of the production company Impossible Pictures.
Tim Haines graduated from Bangor University in 1981 with a BSc in Applied Zoology, before beginning a career as a journalist, eventually working for the BBC, and becoming a producer. In 2002, Bangor University awarded him an Honorary Fellowship.
He is also an author, and has written and co-written many books relating to the television series.

Filmography

Director

YearTitle
1999Walking with Dinosaurs
2002The Giant Claw
2005Walking with Monsters

Producer

YearTitle
1994-1997Horizon
1998Nova
1999Walking With Dinosaurs
2000The Ballad of Big Al
2001Walking with Beasts
2001The Lost World
2002The Giant Claw
2003Land of Giants
2003Sea Monsters
2004The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
2005Walking with Monsters
2006Ocean Odyssey
2007Primeval
2009Defying Gravity
2009Blitz Street
2012Sinbad
2012Primeval: New World
2016Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
2017The Loch

Awards and nominations

  • BAFTA TV Awards
  • * 1999: Walking with Dinosaurs
  • Emmy Award
  • * 2007: Ocean Odyssey
  • * 2006: Walking with Monsters
  • * 2003: Chased by Dinosaurs
  • * 2002: Walking with Beasts
  • * 2001: The Ballad of Big Al
  • * 2000: ''Walking with Dinosaurs''