The series is National Geographic's first scripted drama series.
Johnny Flynn, who plays the younger Albert Einstein, shares a birthday with the real Einstein. (March 14, 1983).
Genius (2017) was nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Outstanding Limited Series category, but lost to American Crime Story (2016).
Filming for season two began in November 2017 in Málaga and was expected to take place for over five months in various cities around the world, including Barcelona, Paris, and Budapest. Originally the season was going to recreate Spain elsewhere, but Antonio Banderas arranged it so they could really film in Málaga.