--- name: "Bharat Nalluri" canonical: "https://film.one/person/bharat-nalluri" fi1m_id: "bharat-nalluri" imdb_id: "nm0620576" tmdb_id: 58005 wikidata_id: "Q1645420" roles: ["Director"] born: "1 January 1965" reviewed_on_fi1m: 6 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "director" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-10-07T18:51:35.131045+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Bharat Nalluri ## Identity Bharat Nalluri - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bharat-nalluri - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** bharat-nalluri - **IMDb ID:** nm0620576 - **TMDB ID:** 58005 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1645420 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Nalluri, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1645420, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620576/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58005 Director. Born 1 January 1965 in Repalle, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 1 January 1965, Repalle, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India - **Active:** 2002–present - **Also known as:** 贝瑞特·奈鲁利 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 directing, 1 crew - **Frequently works with:** [Chris Chibnall](https://film.one/person/chris-chibnall.md), [James Moran](https://film.one/person/james-moran.md), [Matthew Graham](https://film.one/person/matthew-graham.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (4), 2020s 73 (2) - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 3, Action & Adventure 2, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Comedy 1 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Nalluri, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1645420, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620576/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58005 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Little America*](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md) (82), [*Spooks*](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) (77) - **BritBox:** [*Life on Mars*](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md) (84) - **Netflix:** [*Boy Swallows Universe*](https://film.one/tv/boy-swallows-universe.md) (64) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Bharat Nalluri > Bharat Nalluri gets complicated television moving without losing sight of the people in it. We rate his feel for an ensemble, especially in *Life on Mars*, where the actors give us as much reason to stay as the mystery. In *Life on Mars* (2006), the arguments between John Simm and Philip Glenister give us as much reason to keep watching as the time-travel mystery. We were gripped because the pair made the consequences of that mystery feel personal. Bharat Nalluri directed the pilot and further episodes, helping establish a series whose unlikely premise needs that human contact. His strength is getting an ensemble to work within a busy plot without reducing the actors to people delivering information. We rate that ability to make a complicated programme immediately involving. After the early feature *Killing Time* (1998), the decisive stretch came through television with Kudos Film & Television. *Spooks* (2002), *Hustle* (2004) and *Life on Mars* put his ability to launch an ensemble to work. He also co-conceived *Hustle*, so his contribution was not confined to directing what had already been devised. His mobile camerawork and rapid editing suit stories driven by conversation as well as action. Crucially, he makes room within the high-stakes plots for domestic concerns and emotional consequences. The move into feature comedy with *Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day* (2008), starring Amy Adams and Frances McDormand, makes sense for someone whose camera and cutting draw on screwball comedy. That background gives us a better way of understanding his interest in speed than treating it solely as a thriller director's habit. *The Man Who Invented Christmas* (2017) brings Dan Stevens and Christopher Plummer to the story of Charles Dickens writing *A Christmas Carol*. The reservation there is slightness, despite the strength of the cast. *Life on Mars* also makes clear why pace and a strong pairing need fresh material. The police stories and the friction between the leads begin to repeat, even though Simm and Glenister remain compelling. That is a reservation about the series, rather than a fault we can confidently place at Nalluri's door. His later television work includes *Boy Swallows Universe* (2024), but *Life on Mars* remains our starting point. Allow for the occasional feeling that these two men have had this argument before. ## Biography Bharat Nalluri is a British-Indian film and television director. Born in 1965 in Repalle, Andhra Pradesh, India, he moved to England at a young age and grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he attended the Royal Grammar School. He later studied at the Northern Film School. Nalluri directed the pilot episodes of several BBC series produced by Kudos Film & Television, including *Spooks* (2002), *Hustle* (2004, which he helped to conceive) and *Life on Mars* (2006). He also directed episodes of *Torchwood* and the HBO miniseries *Tsunami: The Aftermath* (2006), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination. His feature film credits include *The Crow: Salvation* (2000), *Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day* (2008), *Spooks: The Greater Good* (2015) and *The Man Who Invented Christmas* (2017). He has worked as second unit director on *Resident Evil* (2002) and *AVP: Alien vs. Predator* (2004). More recent work includes directing episodes of *The 100* (2014), *Shantaram* (2022) and *Boy Swallows Universe* (2024). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, deadline.com, imdb.com, bafta.org.* ## On Fi1m (6) ### Directed (5) — the average rests on these - *Boy Swallows Universe* (2024), Fi1m 64, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/boy-swallows-universe.md) - *Little America* (2020), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md) - *Life on Mars* (2006), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md) - *Torchwood* (2006), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md) - *Spooks* (2002), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) ### Crew (1) - *Resident Evil* (2002), Fi1m 56, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-2002.md) ## Complete filmography (27) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Flavia* (2026), Director - *Last Days of the Space Age* (2024), series, Director - *Boy Swallows Universe* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/boy-swallows-universe.md) - *Shantaram* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Director - *Professionals* (2020), series, Director, Executive Producer - *Little America* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md) - *The Man Who Invented Christmas* (2017), Director - *The Player* (2015), series, Director - *Spooks: The Greater Good* (2015), Director - *The 100* (2014), series, Director, Executive Producer - *Emily Owens, M.D.* (2012), series, Producer, Director - *Outcasts* (2011), series, Director, Creator - *Cupid* (2009), series, Director, Producer - *Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day* (2008), Director - *Tsunami: The Aftermath* (2006), series, Director - *Torchwood* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md) - *Life on Mars* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md) - *AVP: Alien vs. Predator* (2004), Second Unit Director - *Hustle* (2004), series, Director, Idea - *Spooks* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) - *Resident Evil* (2002), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-2002.md) - *Cyclops* (2001), Director - *The Crow: Salvation* (2000), Director - *Shockers* (1999), series, Director - *Killing Time* (1998), Director - *Downtime* (1997), Director - *Unsound*, Director --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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