Biography

Robin Dashwood has more than 20 years’ experience in the TV industry. He has written and directed over 60 hours of prime-time documentary and drama-documentary for prestige networks on both sides of the Atlantic including Netflix, CNN Original Series, National Geographic, NBC, Paramount+, and the BBC.

In documentary, he has made acclaimed films on subjects as varied as Margaret Thatcher, Bruce Nauman, shopping, Hitler, and the British Empire. In drama-documentary, he has covered US presidents, serial killers, Captain Cook and the Norman Conquest. He has directed actors and large crews on complex location drama shoots in Canada, South Africa, Brazil and the UK. 

Most recently, he has series directed two big testimony-led series - The Box - a true crime series which has been a ratings hit for Paramount+ - and Mysteries of the Faith - set to be released in over 190 countries worldwide on Netflix in November 2023.

Credits

Gary 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2024
Mysteries Of The Faith 4 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2023
Series 1, Episode 2   Director 2023
Series 1, Episode 3   Director 2023
Series 1, Episode 4   Director 2023
Box, The 3 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2022
Series 1, Episode 2   Director 2022
Series 1, Episode 3   Director 2022
Hitler's Countdown To War 3 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2021
Series 1, Episode 2   Director 2021
Series 1, Episode 3   Director 2021
Catching Killers 2 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 2, Episode 1   Director 2021
Series 2, Episode 2   Director 2021
Race For The White House 2 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 2, Episode 4   Director 2020
Series 2, Episode 3   Director 2020
Banged Up Abroad 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Series 13, Episode 10   Director 2020
Bush Years, The 6 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2019
Series 1, Episode 6   Director 2019
Series 1, Episode 5   Director 2019
Series 1, Episode 4   Director 2019
Series 1, Episode 3   Director 2019
Series 1, Episode 2   Director 2019
Who Do You Think You Are? 2 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 15, Episode 6   Director 2018
Series 17, Episode 2   Director 2020
First Civilizations 2 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 2   Director 2017
Series 1, Episode 3   Director 2017
India's Partition: The Forgotten Story 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2017
1066: A Year To Conquer England 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2017
Armada: 12 Days To Save Britain 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2015
Sex And The Church 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2015
Search For Alfred The Great, The 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2014
Britain's Great War 2 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 3   Director 2014
Series 1   Director 2014
Robert Peston Goes Shopping 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Episode 1   Director 2013
Andrew Marr's History Of The World 3 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Episode 6   Director 2012
Episode 7   Director 2012
-   Director 2012
Empire 4 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Episode 2   Director 2012
Episode 3   Director 2012
Episode 4   Director 2012
-   Director 2012
On Hannibal's Trail 2 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2010
Series 1, Episode 2   Director 2010
Normans, The 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Episode 1   Director 2010
Andrew Marr's The Making Of Modern Britain 2 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Episode 1   Director 2009
Episode 3   Director 2009
Victorians, The 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Episode 3   Director 2009
Art Of Spain, The 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Episode 1   Director 2008
Andrew Marr's History Of Modern Britain 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Episode 4   Director 2007
Voyages Of Discovery 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 2   Director 2006
Dan Cruickshank's Marvels Of The Modern Age 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Episode 3   Director 2006
Story Of Maths, The 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 2   Director 2005
Music Of The Primes 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2005
Picture Of Britain, A 2 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Episode 3   Director 2005
Episode 7   Director 2005
How Art Made The World 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Episode 2   Director 2005
Elgin Marbles, The 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2004
Imagine... 2 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 6   Director 2003
Series 4, Episode 3   Director 2004
Very English Genius, A 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2002
Designing The Decades 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 2   Director 2002
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