Directed credits
14
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Russell Barnes
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.2
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Directed movies: 10Directed series: 4All crew credits: 16
TMDB ID: 91692
IMDb ID: nm1645962
Known for: Directing
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2000 - 2024
Years active: 25
Average TMDB rating: 7.44
Wikidata: Q7381343
Frequent jobs
Director (14)Executive Producer (1)Producer (1)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Russell Barnes.
8.1
Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard
Director
2024 Movie
Nixon in the Den
Director
2017 Movie
5.2
1945 and the Wheelchair President
Director
2015 Movie
7.2
World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly
Director
2012 Movie
10.0
World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel
Director
2011 Movie
7.4
The Genius of Charles Darwin
Director
2008 Movie
7.0
Armistice
Director
2008 Movie
7.5
The Enemies of Reason
Director
2007 Movie
7.4
Root of All Evil?
Director
2006 Movie
5.0
Hackers in Wonderland
Director
2000 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Russell Barnes.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Russell Barnes.
7.0
Armistice
Director
2008 Movie
7.4
The Genius of Charles Darwin
Director
2008 Movie
7.5
The Enemies of Reason
Director
2007 Movie
5.0
Hackers in Wonderland
Director
2000 Movie
Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Producer
Movie
7.4
Root of All Evil?
Director
2006 Movie
7.2
World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly
Director
2012 Movie
10.0
World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel
Director
2011 Movie
8.1
Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard
Director
2024 Movie
5.2
1945 and the Wheelchair President
Director
2015 Movie
Nixon in the Den
Director
2017 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Russell Barnes.
5.5
Art That Made Us
Director • 8 eps
2022 Series
10.0
Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2019 Series
7.5
The Genius of Charles Darwin
Director • 3 eps
2008 Series
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
Director • 1 eps
2003 Series
8.5
Long Shadow
Director • 3 eps
2014 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Russell Barnes.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Russell Barnes.