query: director the ballad of big al
supports: 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. Walking with Dinosaurs is a six-part documentary television miniseries created by Tim Haines and produced by BBC Natural History Unit. The series first aired on the BBC in the United Kingdom in 1999 with narration by Kenneth Branagh. The series was subsequently aired in North America on the Discovery Channel in 2000, with Avery Brooks replacing Branagh. The first entry in the "Walking with..." series, the program explores ancient life of the Mesozoic Era, portraying dinosaurs and their contemporaries in the style of a traditional nature documentary. The BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) is a department of the BBC which produces television, radio and online content with a natural history or wildlife theme. It is best known for its highly regarded nature documentaries, including "The Blue Planet" and "Planet Earth", and has a long association with David Attenborough's authored documentaries, notably "Life on Earth".  Avery Franklin Brooks (born October 2, 1948) is an American actor, director, and occasional singer. He is best known for his television roles as Benjamin Sisko on "", as Hawk on "" and its spinoff "A Man Called Hawk", and as Dr. Bob Sweeney in the Academy Award-nominated film "American History X". The Walking with... series (also known as the Trilogy of Life or Walking with Prehistoric Life series) is a collection of shows that are produced by the BBC and are made by Impossible Pictures. The aim of the series and specials, along with its books, is to recreate extinct animals and presents them as a wildlife documentary. All the shows (with the exception of "Chased by Dinosaurs" and "Sea Monsters") focus on one individual of a certain species or that species as the main characters in each episode. Creatures were realized through computer graphics and animatronics and are directed by Tim Haines. The concept for the series was imagined by Tim Haines and Jasper James. The Ballad of Big Al ( distributed in the North American market as Allosaurus : a Walking with Dinosaurs Special ) is a combination biography - sequel for Walking with Dinosaurs . It focuses on an Allosaurus ( Allosaurus fragilis ) named Big Al and his constant struggle to survive in a world filled with danger .
candidates: avery brooks bob sweeney david attenborough tim haines
answer: tim haines