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Director
Russell Barnes
Russell Barnes has been producing factual television for 30 years, working with presenters including Richard Dawkins, David Reynolds, Harry Hill and Afua Hirsch. His directing credits include the Broadcast Award-winning Genius of Charles Darwin and Grierson-nominated history films Armistice and 1941 and the Man of Steel and he produced the Digital BAFTA and Emmy award-winning series The Virtual Revolution for BBC2.
Known for
Root of All Evil?2006
The Enemies of Reason2007
The Genius of Charles Darwin2008
The Genius of Charles Darwin2008
Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard2024
1945 and the Wheelchair President2015
World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly2012
Long Shadow2014
Filmography
- TBAEvolution - Darwin's Dangerous IdeaFilmProducer
- 2024Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary BeardFilmDirector
- 2022Art That Made UsSeriesDirector
- 2019Africa Rising with Afua HirschSeriesExecutive Producer
- 2017Nixon in the DenFilmDirector
- 20151945 and the Wheelchair PresidentFilmDirector
- 2014Long ShadowSeriesDirector
- 2012World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft UnderbellyFilmDirector
- 2011World War Two: 1941 and the Man of SteelFilmDirector
- 2008The Genius of Charles DarwinFilmDirector
- 2008The Genius of Charles DarwinSeriesDirector
- 2008Dead & NowhereFilmWriter, Director
- 2008ArmisticeFilmDirector
- 2008Summits: Munich 1938FilmDirector, Producer
- 2007The Enemies of ReasonFilmDirector
- 2006Root of All Evil?FilmDirector
- 2003Empire: How Britain Made the Modern WorldSeriesDirector
- 2001ExtinctSeriesDirector
- 2000Hackers in WonderlandFilmDirector