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.

Directed

1. Root of All Evil? (2006) — Director
2. The Enemies of Reason (2007) — Director
3. The Genius of Charles Darwin (2008) — Director
4. Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard (2024) — Director
5. 1945 and the Wheelchair President (2015) — Director
6. The Genius of Charles Darwin (2008) — Director
7. World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly (2012) — Director
8. Dead & Nowhere (2008) — Director
9. Extinct (2001) — Director
10. Long Shadow (2014) — Director
11. Art That Made Us (2022) — Director
12. World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel (2011) — Director
13. Hackers in Wonderland (2000) — Director
14. Armistice (2008) — Director
15. Summits: Munich 1938 (2008) — Director
16. Nixon in the Den (2017) — Director
17. Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World (2003) — Director