Nigel Paterson
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Nigel Paterson is an Primetime Emmy Award
-winning British
television writer, director and producer.
as part of the production team on the 2001
series Walking with Beasts
for which he shared the 2002 Primetime Emmy Award
for Animated Program – More Than One Hour
.
He co-wrote and co-directed the 2006
series Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
that re-enacted the Nuremberg Trials
of prominent Nazi war criminals.
He directed and produced the 2007
Wolof Wresting episode of the series Last Man Standing.
Primetime Emmy Award
The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming...
-winning British
United Kingdom
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television writer, director and producer.
Biography
Paterson began his career at the BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
as part of the production team on the 2001
2001 in television
The year 2001 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2001.-Events:-Debuts:-1940s:*Meet the Press .*Candid Camera .*CBS Evening News ....
series Walking with Beasts
Walking with Beasts
Walking with Beasts is a 2001 six-part television documentary miniseries, produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom, narrated by Kenneth Branagh. In North America it has been retitled Walking with Prehistoric Beasts, and the original Discovery Channel broadcast was narrated by Stockard Channing...
for which he shared the 2002 Primetime Emmy Award
54th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 22, 2002. Nominations were announced July 22, 2002. The awards show was hosted by Conan O'Brien and was broadcast on NBC...
for Animated Program – More Than One Hour
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More)
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program is a Creative Arts Emmy Award which is given annually to an animated series or special which is judged to have been the best...
.
He co-wrote and co-directed the 2006
2006 in television
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series Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial, is a BBC documentary film series consisting of three one-hour films that re-enact the Nuremberg War Trials of Albert Speer, Hermann Göring and Rudolf Hess...
that re-enacted the Nuremberg Trials
Nuremberg Trials
The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the victorious Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany....
of prominent Nazi war criminals.
He directed and produced the 2007
2007 in television
2007 in television may refer to:*2007 in American television*2007 in Australian television*2007 in British television*2007 in Canadian television*2007 in Japanese television...
Wolof Wresting episode of the series Last Man Standing.
Filmography
- 20012001 in British televisionThis is a list of British television related events from 2001.-Events:*1 January – The BBC reality show Castaway 2000 comes to an end as the participants leave the island of Taransay....
Walking with BeastsWalking with BeastsWalking with Beasts is a 2001 six-part television documentary miniseries, produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom, narrated by Kenneth Branagh. In North America it has been retitled Walking with Prehistoric Beasts, and the original Discovery Channel broadcast was narrated by Stockard Channing...
producer & director - 2001 Triumph of the Beasts & The Beasts Within producer
- 20022002 in British televisionThis is a list of British television related events from 2002.-Events:*25 January – Bloody Sunday, a television drama based on the events of the controversial Bloody Sunday incident in Northern Ireland in 1972 airs on ITV1....
Human Instinct director - 20032003 in British televisionThis is a list of British television related events from 2003.-Events:*13 January – ITV soap Crossroads is relaunched under the stewardship of producer Yvon Grace, and with a decidedly camp feel...
Human Senses director - 20042004 in British televisionThis is a list of British television related events from 2004.-Events:*3 January - The BBC cancels the appearance of Coca Cola sponsorship credits in the music charts in its BBC One Top of the Pops show, after criticism from politicians and health campaigners that it would be promoting junk food...
Meet the Ancestors: The Hunt for Darwin's Beagle director - 2004 Bermuda Triangle: Beneath the Waves director
- 20052005 in British televisionThis is a list of British television-related events in 2005.-Events:*5 January—Desperate Housewives makes its initial UK debut with an impressive 5 million viewers...
The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs director - 2005 HorizonHorizonThe horizon is the apparent line that separates earth from sky, the line that divides all visible directions into two categories: those that intersect the Earth's surface, and those that do not. At many locations, the true horizon is obscured by trees, buildings, mountains, etc., and the resulting...
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: The Ghost in Your Genes producer & director - 20062006 in British televisionThe following is a list of British television related events from the year 2006.-Events:-BBC One:-BBC Two:-ITV:-Five:-BBC Three:-New channels:-Returning this year after a break of one year or longer:-1950s:*Panorama ....
Nuremberg: Nazis on TrialNuremberg: Nazis on TrialNuremberg: Nazis on Trial, is a BBC documentary film series consisting of three one-hour films that re-enact the Nuremberg War Trials of Albert Speer, Hermann Göring and Rudolf Hess...
director & writer - 20072007 in British televisionThis is a summary of the year 2007 in British television.-Events:*1 January - Celebrity Big Brother 5 launched on Channel 4, with celebrities such as Jermaine Jackson, Dirk Benedict and Leo Sayer....
Last Man StandingLast Man Standing (UK TV series)Last Man Standing and latterly Last Woman Standing is a BBC reality TV show that was first aired on 26 June 2007...
: Wolof Wresting producer & director - 20082008 in British televisionThis is a list of events taking place in 2008 related to British television.-Events:-BBC One:-BBC Two:-BBC Three:-BBC Four:-ITV:-Channel 4:-Five:-E4:-Sky1:-Watch:-Dave:-FX:-Changes of network affiliation:...
In Search of Medieval Britain producer - 2008 James May's Big IdeasJames May's Big IdeasJames May's Big Ideas is a three-part British television miniseries in which James May, a journalist and self-acknowledged geek travels the globe in search of implementations for concepts widely considered science fiction, or his big ideas...
producer - 2011 Planet DinosaurPlanet DinosaurPlanet Dinosaur is a six-part documentary television series produced by the BBC, narrated by John Hurt, first aired in the United Kingdom in 2011, produced by VFX studio Jellyfish Pictures. It is the first major dinosaur-related series for BBC One since Walking with Dinosaurs...
producer & director