Otto Benjamin Charles Bathurst (born 18 January 1971)[1] is a British television and film director.

[10][11] The Bathurst family has resided in the town of Bath, Somerset since 2013,[3][12][11] Otto enjoys cooking and his favourite restaurant serves classic Indian cuisine.

[13] The Bathursts are followers of the “socially dangerous” Universal Medicine cult and dedicated to its leader, Serge Banhayon’s teachings.

[14][10][12][15] Based in Frome, Somerset, the sect is reportedly popular with middle-class professionals and in 2019 it was ruled as a "socially harmful cult" by the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

[23] He directed episodes of the historical drama series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, broadcast in January 2025.