---
name: "Ian Barnes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-barnes"
fi1m_id: "ian-barnes"
imdb_id: "nm1357838"
tmdb_id: 195600
wikidata_id: "Q2729974"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T12:20:08.437728+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."
---

# Ian Barnes

## Identity

Ian Barnes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-barnes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-barnes
- **IMDb ID:** nm1357838
- **TMDB ID:** 195600
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2729974
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2729974, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1357838/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/195600

Director. Born 1 January 1950 in Coventry.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Coventry
- **Active:** 1985–2007
- **Frequently works with:** [Chris Clough](https://film.one/person/chris-clough.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Alice Troughton](https://film.one/person/alice-troughton.md), [Andrew Morgan](https://film.one/person/andrew-morgan.md), [Andy Hay](https://film.one/person/andy-hay.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Bryan Elsley](https://film.one/person/bryan-elsley.md), [Chris Murray](https://film.one/person/chris-murray-2716243.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 69 (2), 2000s 72 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Soap 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2729974, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1357838/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/195600

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70), [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)
- **Disney+:** [*Skins*](https://film.one/tv/skins.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ian Barnes is a British television and film director. He was born in Coventry and attended Bablake School there. His early work included directing an episode of the documentary series *Future Fantastic* in 1996.

Barnes has directed episodes of numerous British television series, including *Skins* (2007), *Casualty*, *EastEnders*, *Holby City*, *Death in Paradise* and *Mount Pleasant*. He also directed the short films *Swing* (2002) and *Wish 143* (2009), the latter of which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film.

His work on *Casualty* earned BAFTA nominations, and *Wish 143* won awards at festivals including Palm Springs International ShortFest and the British Independent Film Festival.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, curtisbrown.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Skins* (2007), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hetty Feather* (2015), series, Director
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, Director
- *Mount Pleasant* (2011), series, Director
- *Wish 143* (2009), Director, Producer
- *Hope Springs* (2009), series, Director
- *Skins* (2007), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Wild at Heart* (2006), series, Director
- *I Shouldn't Be Alive* (2005), series, Writer, Director, Producer
- *The Sex Inspectors* (2005), series, Director
- *Grease Monkeys* (2003), series, Director
- *The Afternoon Play* (2003), series, Director
- *Merseybeat* (2001), series, Director
- *Doctors* (2000), series, Director
- *Holby City* (1999), series, Director
- *Comedy Lab* (1998), series, Director
- *Future Fantastic* (1996), series, Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2011: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *Wish 143*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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