RUPERT RUSSELL is an award-winning writer, director and author. His documentary feature debut, FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF, won the Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival and was nominated for the Cinema for Peace ‘Most Valuable Film of the Year’ Award during Berlinale 2019. His animated docuseries HOW THE WORLD WENT MAD premiered at Sheffield Doc/ Fest and earned him a spot on the shortlist for the Young Director Award at Cannes Lions 2019. His lastest project, PRICE WARS, exposed how the financial markets have wrought political chaos around the world. It aired as a documentary film on ARTE and was published as a book by Doubleday (Penguin Random House) in the U.S. and Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Hachette) in the U.K. 

Rupert has a PhD in Sociology from Harvard University and received a Double Starred First in the Social and Political Sciences from Jesus College, Cambridge University. He is a member of the LGBTQ+ community and has directed commercials celebrating Pride for HSBC. 

His work has been covered The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Guardian, The New Republic, The Intercept, The Huffington Post, Jacobin, CBC, Vice among many others.