Director & Producer of award-winning documentaries
Outbreak: The Virus That Shook The World
“The emotion elicited by this excellent documentary about the Covid-19 pandemic is sadness…” Sunday Times
China Undercover
The Battle for Hong Kong
“Brutally eloquent” Wall Street Journal
Journalist of the Year
British Journalism Awards 2019
CV
Robin Barnwell’s films have received multiple awards and nominations:
Awards:
- Peabody Awards: News (2021)
- BAFTA TV Awards: Current Affairs (2020)
- International Emmy Awards: Current Affairs (2020)
- Grierson Awards - Current Affairs (2020)
- Prix Italia: TV Documentary and Signis Special Prize (2020)
- Venice TV Award: Best Documentary (2020)
- Amnesty Media Awards: Investigation (2020)
- British Journalism Awards: Journalist of the Year and Foreign Affairs (2019)
- Amnesty Media Awards: Documentaries and Film (2018)
- Grierson Awards: Best Documentary Series (2017)
- AIBs: (2012)
- Bayeux War Reporting: Grand Format Category (2010)
Nominations:
- Peabody Awards: News (2021)
- One World Media: Television Documentary (2021)
- BAFTA TV Awards: Current Affairs (2019) (2021), Single Documentary (2015)
- BAFTA Craft Awards: Director - Factual (2020)
- British Journalism Awards: Foreign Affairs - Shortlist (2020)
- RTS Programme Awards: Best Single Documentary (2020 and 2017), Best Documentary Series (2012), Best Observational Documentary (2008)
- Rory Peck Awards Finalist: Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs (2020)
- Broadcast Awards: Current Affairs (2020 and 2018)
- RTS Journalism Awards: Current Affairs - International (2020 and 2008)
- British Journalism Awards: Investigation (Highly Commended) and Technology Journalism (2019)
- International Emmy Awards: Current Affairs (2019)
As one of a team of self-shooting directors for Exodus: Our Journey to Europe won:
- BAFTA: Best Documentary Series (2017)
- Broadcast Award, International Emmy and RTS Programme Award (2017)
“A documentary that gave voice to women who had lost theirs”
“Its devastation is cinematic and beautifully shot, if it is not too wrong to talk of beauty here”