Simon Russell is an EMMY Award winning freelance composer from the UK, composing music in a diverse range of styles for both Film and TV productions.
2014 EMMY Awards
Marc Bryan-Brown Photography.
® 2014 Marc Bryan-Brown.
Simon was awarded an EMMY in 2014 for his original soundtrack to “Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer”, a documentary film by Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin.
September 2021
Bin Laden: The Road to 9/11 – 3 part series begins on Channel 4 on 6th September 9pm
Handmade in Bolton – repeat of Waldemar Januszczak’s 4 part series 21st-24th September BBC 2 and on iPlayer
August 2021
Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art; Made in the USA with Waldemar Januszczak repeated on BBC from August 2nd
July 2021
Once Upon A Time in Iraq nominated for 2 Emmys
June 2021
Once Upon A Time in Iraq wins BAFTA for best factual series
composing for a new film about Ghislaine Maxwell
composing for a new series about Osama Bin Laden
Sing, Freetown premieres at Sheffield DocFest 11th June and then selected UK cinemas from 26th June
China Undercover wins Peabody Award
May 2021
China Undercover nominated for a Peabody Award. Also nominated for a One World Media award
Battle For Hong Kong nominated for a Peabody Award
Once Upon A Time in Iraq wins Broadcast Award for best documentary series
April 2021
Pandemic 2020 (3 part series) made by the Once Upon A Time in Iraq team begins on BBC April 1st 9pm
Waldemar Januszczak’s The Michelangelo Code: Secrets of the Sistine Chapel – Sky Arts April 6th 9pm
F@ck This Job showing at Moscow’s Cinema Oktyabr on 9th April as part of the Artdocfest film festival
The Virus That Shook The World (2 part series – US version of Pandemic 2020) broadcasts on Frontline PBS 26th & 27th April
Once Upon A Time in Iraq nominated for best series in Broadcast Awards and nominated for 4 BAFTA’s
The Battle For Hong Kong nominated for a BAFTA in Current Affairs category
March 2021
Once Upon A Time in Iraq wins Best Documentary Series at the Broadcasting Press Guild awards and wins best doc series at the RTS awards
Joanna Lumley’s India series repeated on ITV 3 from 28th March 9pm
February 2021
composing for a new 3 part BBC series Pandemic
composing music for a feature doc about a Russian tv station
January 2021
Outbreak; The Virus That Shook the World documentary charting the spread of covid 19 across the world – ITV 19th January 9pm
December 2020
The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak 4 part series 7th December BBC Four
Once Upon A Time in Iraq wins Rose D’or for best documentary series
November 2020
Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag wins Grierson for Best Current Affairs Documentary
China Undercover broadcast on Frontline PBS 17th November
October 2020
How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears – 3 part series repeated on BBC 4 from 8th October
Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA – 3 part series with Waldemar Januszczak repeated on BBC 4 from 15th October
Undercover; Inside China’s Digital Gulag wins Prix Italia best doc