Karl Beattie

Karl Beattie (born 2 April 1963) is an English television director, producer and cameraman. Beattie and wife Yvette Fielding co-own and run Antix Productions.

Career
Karl Beattie's documented life has references to him teaching martial arts within the US. In 2002, Karl Beattie and Yvette Fielding, established their own television production company, Antix Productions. Their first production was Most Haunted for the British TV channel Sky Living, along with a number of spin offs including Most Haunted Live!. In 2006 he created, produced and directed Ghosthunting With..., a paranormal show for ITV2 which features Yvette Fielding leading various celebrities around haunted locations. In 2008 Karl and Yvette Launched The Paranormal Channel later known as The Unexplained Channel which ran for 2 years.

Controversy
In 2004, Beattie was the subject of media attention when he claimed to be the only living samurai outside Japan, as one of only eight foreigners to have ever been awarded the title. [2] The samurai class was officially abolished in 1868, though Beattie claims that the title lives on in him via his Japanese instructor, Otsu Maeda. [2][3]

There were claims of showmanship being used on the 2015 Most Haunted Live by a small number of viewers but the claims have been rejected by Beattie on Twitter and OFCOM.[4] Three days after the live show Beattie staged a reconstruction to attempt to explain what some viewers claimed was faked. With his reconstruction, he proved the episode was not faked.[5]

Personal life
Karl Beattie met Yvette Fielding while they were working on What's Up Doc? and then again on City Hospital. They have a daughter Mary, and Karl is stepfather to Yvette's son, Will. They live on a farm in Sandbach, Cheshire.[6] He is a vegetarian and a Freemason.