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Katherine Newman is a British screenwriter and producer.

Newman worked as executive producer of drama at the production company Impossible Pictures[1] and worked together with Tim Haines on the science fiction series Primeval, produced for ITV, for about nine years.[2] She was promoted to associate producer for Primeval's fourth and fifth series (2011).[3] Newman also worked as executive producer[4] on the Canadian spinoff of the series, Primeval: New World.[1]

When ITV created its drama unit in 2013, Haines was hired as creative director and Newman was hired as executive producer of drama.[5] In 2013, she helped develop the series Sinbad. In 2016, she created the series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands together with Haines.[2][6]

Filmography

Writer

Year Title
2016 Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, 1 episode

Producer

Year Title
2011 Primeval (associate producer)[3]
2012–2013 Primeval: New World (executive producer)[4]
2016 Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands (executive producer; co-creator)[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Primeval duo setting up drama division at ITV". TBI Vision. 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  2. ^ a b c "Co-creator Katie Newman on BEOWULF - Exclusive Interview - Assignment X Assignment X". www.assignmentx.com. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  3. ^ a b "Katie Newman". BFI. Archived from the original on May 21, 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  4. ^ a b "Primeval: New World | Impossible Pictures". impossiblepictures.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  5. ^ Szalai, Georg (2013-08-01). "U.K.'s ITV Studios to Add New Drama Unit". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  6. ^ "Beowulf story set for ITV". TBI Vision. 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2022-05-21.


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