Barry Paine was born on October 20, 1937 in Wanstead, Essex, England as Barry Ernest Paine. He was a writer and producer, known for The Natural World (1983), Atacama: The Flowering Desert (1999) and Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom (1994). He was married to Jill Cheadle. He died on October 10, 2011 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.