
Russell Barnes
Personal Info
Known For Director
Russell Barnes
Biography
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
Director
2024
Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard
as Director
2022
Art That Made Us
as Director
2015
1945 and the Wheelchair President
as Director
2014
Long Shadow
as Director
2012
World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly
as Director
2011
World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel
as Director
2008
The Genius of Charles Darwin
as Director
2008
Summits: Munich 1938
as Director
2008
Dead & Nowhere
as Director
2008
Armistice
as Director
2008
The Genius of Charles Darwin
as Director
2007
The Enemies of Reason
as Director
2006
Root of All Evil?
as Director
2003
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
as Director
2001
Extinct
as Director
2000
Hackers in Wonderland
as Director
Producer
2023
Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch
as Executive Producer
2008
Summits: Munich 1938
as Producer
Writer
2008
Dead & Nowhere
as Writer