Person
Russell Barnes
Directing
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
Art That Made Us
Director
The Genius of Charles Darwin
Director
Extinct
Director
Dead & Nowhere
Director
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
Director
Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch
Executive Producer
Long Shadow
Director
Hackers in Wonderland
Director
Root of All Evil?
Director
The Enemies of Reason
Director
Filmography
- 2024Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary BeardDirector
- 2022Art That Made UsDirector
- 2019Africa Rising with Afua HirschExecutive Producer
- 2017Nixon in the DenDirector
- 20151945 and the Wheelchair PresidentDirector
- 2014Long ShadowDirector
- 2012World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft UnderbellyDirector
- 2011World War Two: 1941 and the Man of SteelDirector
- 2008Dead & NowhereDirector
- 2008The Genius of Charles DarwinDirector
- 2008The Genius of Charles DarwinDirector
- 2008Summits: Munich 1938Director
- 2008ArmisticeDirector
- 2007The Enemies of ReasonDirector
- 2006Root of All Evil?Director
- 2003Empire: How Britain Made the Modern WorldDirector
- 2001ExtinctDirector
- 2000Hackers in WonderlandDirector
- —Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous IdeaProducer
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