RUSSELL
RUPERT
I'm a concept-driven filmmaker and author. I'm passionate about taking big ideas - fear and madness, freedom and chaos - and transforming them into stories that excite and entertain. I love bringing together my passion for writing and cinematography with my training in Sociology at Harvard, where I received a Ph.D. I work across all visual mediums from live action to animation, archive to vérité.
FILMS
★★★★★ "DESTINED TO BECOME A CLASSIC"
DANGEROUS MINDS
★★★★★ "ONE OF THE BEST HORROR DOCS IN YEARS"
HORROR LOSERS
★★★★★ "SPELLBINDING"
HORROR CULT FILMS
★★★★ "FASCINATING"
DARK SIDE MAGAZINE
THE LAST
SACRIFICE
A TRUE CRIME documentary investigation into the real-life 'witchcraft' murder that shocked Britain, stoked new FEARS, & created the folk horror genre.
92' FEATURE
COMING SOON
❤ 1.4 AWARD - NOMINEE
★★★★★ "IMPORTANT"
DAVID REVIEWS
PASSING
Two 60-second commercials for HSBC on how LGBTQ+ people navigate STEREOTYPES to 'pass' as straight.
COMMERCIAL
HSBC
✒ ADAPTED INTO A BOOK PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
PRICE WARS
A global investigation into the how the CHAOS on the markets is connected to CHAOS across the world - from the wars in Ukraine, Somalia, and Iraq, to the street gangs in Venezuela to the climate wars in Kenya.
90' FEATURE
ARTE/SVT/ARD
❤ SLAMDANCE AUDIENCE AWARD - WINNER
❤ CINEMA FOR PEACE 'MOST VALUABLE FILM OFTHE YEAR' AWARD - NOMINEE
★★★★ "VIVID & THOUGHT PROVOKING"
RICHARD CROUSE
★★★★ "SUPERB"
DIRTY MOVIES
FREEDOM FOR
THE WOLF
An epic investigation into FREEDOM struggles - from the Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong to the failure of the Arab Spring in Tunisia to the rise of Donald Trump.
90' FEATURE
AMAZON PRIME
❤ CANNES LIONS YOUNG DIRECTOR AWARD - NOMINEE
★★★★★ "EXCELLENT... THESE FILMS MIGHT JUST SAVE THE WORLD."
DAVID REVIEWS
HOW THE WORLD
WENT MAD
Satirical animated docuseries uncovering the MADNESS of the Trump phenomenon through comedy and science.
5 x 5 SERIES
DOCSVILLE
BOOK
❤ STARRED REVEW - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"A GEOPOLITICAL MASTERPIECE"
- FOREIGN SECRETARY DAVID LAMMY MP
"ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS OF OUR TIME"
- THE INTERCEPT
