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About Me

I'm a documentary director and producer based in the UK. My work is shown by broadcasters and streamers including BBC, Netflix and Channel 4 among others. I also make films for premium brands including Porsche and Rolex.

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Recently I directed a succession of polemical documentaries on social justice issues: 'Better Off Dead?' presented by Liz Carr; 'How To Be A Man' presented by Danny Dyer; and 'Jews Don't Count' presented by David Baddiel.

 

For Netflix, I was part of the launch directing team for the global hit series 'Formula One: Drive To Survive', and I returned to the team for Season 3, winner of the Emmy Award for ‘Outstanding Documentary - Serialized’ in 2022.

 

For the BBC, ‘A Vicar's Life’ won the 2019 Radio Times Readers' Award at the Sandford St. Martin Awards. ‘Camps To Champs’, for the Olympic Channel, is an award-winning series on refugees and sport. As a shooting series director I set the style for ‘Death Unexplained’, a critically acclaimed observational series following the work of the Coroner's Service.

Producer/Director credits include ‘Frontline Doctors: Winter Migrant Crisis’, a BBC primetime documentary on the European refugee crisis, and as something of a contrast ‘Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond The Lobby’, also for the BBC. I like to mix things up a bit, which is why I've also directed warm, uplifting films such as ‘Cutting Edge: King of Christmas Lights’ for Channel 4 and the two-parter ‘Bradford: City of Dreams’ for BBC2, which focused on immigration and entrepreneurship.

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I've worked with a diverse range of on screen talent including medic Dr Chris Van Tulleken, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, foodies Giles Coren and Monica Galetti,  presenter Adrian Chiles, journalist Jacques Peretti, Olympian Samantha Murray and archaeologist Professor Clive Gamble.

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I'm comfortable around major sports and entertainment stars from across the globe, having worked on several successful sports documentaries and with Hollywood talent.

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I also enjoy directing content for clients from business, education and politics. Brands include Porsche, Rolex, Ford, Swarovski, Leo Pharma and Meltin' Pot. My film 'Exposed' for Leo Pharma was winner of an IVCA Gold Award.

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© 2024 by James Routh

Rabbit Productions Ltd.

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