Our People: Producers

Andrew has over thirty years' experience in the television industry and has produced factual content for the international market for the past twenty years. He joined NHNZ as an Executive Producer in 2000 since when he has executive produced 140 hours of high quality, top rating shows for major US and European networks. Recent productions include China's Ghost Army, Clash of the Continents and Mutant Planet.

Judith's career in television production was launched in Australia where she produced and directed a wide range of highly acclaimed documentaries. Since joining NHNZ in 2001, Judith has been the driving force behind an equally diverse range of programs. Judith has series-produced top rating docu-drama Orangutan Island, two 13 part series credited with raising awareness about the plight of this endangered species with audiences around the world, and she was the series producer for the acclaimed Life Force series. Currently she is Executive Producing the hit A&E Bio Channel series I Survived…Beyond and Back.

John Hyde has more than 30 years of filmmaking experience, working both in New Zealand and overseas. John has worked variously at NHNZ as an editor, producer, and director for a variety of natural history, adventure, and science programs from Bite Me with Dr Mike Leahy and Tribal Life - Meet the Namal to Strike Force and Man Hunt.

After beginning his career as a political journalist for South Pacific Television in Wellington, Alan gained extensive experience as an Executive Producer in Australian television, working for all five free to air networks as well as commercial production companies. A multi award winner, including the Gold Walkley for Best Piece of Australian Journalism in Print, Radio or Television, Alan is the founding NHNZ producer of the hit A+E Bio Channel series I Survived...

With a background as a zoologist and a unique ability to interpret the amazing phenomena of the animal kingdom, Ian has produced and written a number of hugely successful natural history programs. In 1999 Ian won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming - Writers for Twisted Tales: The Bat. The following year, Ian and co-writer Quinn Berentson were nominated for an Emmy Award in the same category. In 2002 Ian picked up his third Emmy nomination for Most Extreme: Jumpers. He is currently working as series producer on two 3D series for NHNZ.

Max has worked as a camera operator, producer and director for over four decades in television production, and has specialized in natural history programming since the 1980s. Max is a veteran of filmmaking in the polar regions and has now made around 15 programs in and around the frozen regions. Max is currently working on a 3D series for NHNZ.

Giles has over a decade of international television production experience. He started his career directing and producing the successful BBC factual entertainment format Cash in the Attic and went on to produce primetime series such as Wife Swap and Natural Born Dealers for Channel 4. In 2003 Giles moved to the US and worked on series for Discovery Channel, HGTV and The Travel Channel. Whether working with large crews on formats or as a one-man band in some of the most challenging places on earth, Giles has collected numerous awards for his work, including A Royal Television Society Award, MIPCOM Best Ob Doc Award and most recently a Montana Film Festival Award for National Geographic's Hunters of the Lost World. Giles is currently working on a series for National Geographic.