Russell Barnes
Directing · Director · Producer · Writer
Active 2000–present
Russell Barnes has been producing factual television for 30 years, working with presenters including Richard Dawkins, David Reynolds, Harry Hill and Afua Hirsch.
Filmography
Root of All Evil? (2006) — DirectorThe Enemies of Reason (2007) — DirectorThe Genius of Charles Darwin (2008) — DirectorWorld War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel (2011) — DirectorAfrica Rising with Afua Hirsch (2019) — Executive ProducerMeet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard (2024) — DirectorLong Shadow (2014) — DirectorExtinct (2001) — DirectorThe Genius of Charles Darwin (2008) — DirectorWorld War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly (2012) — DirectorArmistice (2008) — DirectorArt That Made Us (2022) — Director1945 and the Wheelchair President (2015) — DirectorHackers in Wonderland (2000) — DirectorDead & Nowhere (2008) — Writer · DirectorSummits: Munich 1938 (2008) — Director · ProducerNixon in the Den (2017) — DirectorEvolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea — ProducerEmpire: How Britain Made the Modern World (2003) — Director