Russell Barnes

Directing

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

7.4

Root of All Evil?

2006 · Director

7.5

The Enemies of Reason

2007 · Director

7.5

The Genius of Charles Darwin

2008 · Director

8.1

Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard

2024 · Director

7.0

The Genius of Charles Darwin

2008 · Series · Director

5.2

1945 and the Wheelchair President

2015 · Director

5.5

Art That Made Us

2022 · Series · Director

8.5

Long Shadow

2014 · Series · Director

7.2

World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly

2012 · Director

5.0

Hackers in Wonderland

2000 · Director

10.0

World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel

2011 · Director

7.0

Armistice

2008 · Director

Directed

8.1

Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard

2024 · Director

5.5

Art That Made Us

2022 · Series · Director

Nixon in the Den

2017 · Director

5.2

1945 and the Wheelchair President

2015 · Director

8.5

Long Shadow

2014 · Series · Director

7.2

World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly

2012 · Director

10.0

World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel

2011 · Director

7.0

The Genius of Charles Darwin

2008 · Series · Director

Dead & Nowhere

2.0

Dead & Nowhere

2008 · Director

7.5

The Genius of Charles Darwin

2008 · Director

7.0

Armistice

2008 · Director

Summits: Munich 1938

2008 · Director

7.5

The Enemies of Reason

2007 · Director

7.4

Root of All Evil?

2006 · Director

Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

2003 · Series · Director

Extinct

8.0

Extinct

2001 · Series · Director

5.0

Hackers in Wonderland

2000 · Director