Genius Season 1: Einstein

From executive producers and Academy Award Winners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard*, National Geographic’s first-ever scripted series, GENIUS, offers an extraordinary look into the life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein. Academy Award Winner Geoffrey Rush** stars as the rebellious daydreamer who went on to become the greatest scientific mind of the 20th century. Beyond his groundbreaking theories of relativity, you’ll witness Einstein’s struggles to be a good husband and father– and a man of principle during a time of global unrest. With Johnny Flynn as young Albert and Emily Watson as his second wife, Elsa, GENIUS takes you on an unprecedented, 10-episode journey of discovery guided by Einstein’s wit, wisdom and insatiable thirst for knowledge. *A Beautiful Mind, 2001: Best Picture (Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers), Directing (Ron Howard). **Actor, Shine, 1996.