Mark Cousins
Biography
Mark Cousins is an Irish documentary filmmaker, film critic and programmer. A prolific producer and director, he is best known for his 15-hour documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey" (2011). Cousins was appointed Honorary Professor of the University of Glasgow in 2013, as well as Honorary Doctor of Letters at both the University of Edinburgh in 2007 and University of Stirling in 2014. He is now a Patron of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Cousins previously acted as both a programmer and director (1996-1997) of the festival. He is a Board Member of Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival and a Member of the Audentia Award jury at the 42nd Göteborg International Film Festival (GIFF) in 2019, as well as Member of the Official Competition jury at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2018. In 2021, Cousins joined the jury of the BFI London Film Festival.
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Movies (48)
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
as Self
2024
Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles
Director (Directing)
2023
The Complete Story of Film
as Narrator
2023
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (voice)
2023
Cannes Uncut
as Self
2023
The March on Rome
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart
Creator (Crew)
2022
The Story of Film: A New Generation
as Narrator
2021
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
as Self
2021
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
as Self
2021
The Story of Looking
as Self
2021
Who Is Bill Rebane?
as Self
2021
Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper
Director (Directing)
2021
40 Days to Learn Film
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
Alexander's Film
Director (Directing)
2020
You With Your Fresh Thoughts
Director (Directing)
2019
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
as Himself
2019
The Eyes of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
2018
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
as Self
2018
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018
Storm in My Heart
Director (Directing)
2018
Stockholm, My Love
Screenplay (Writing)
2016
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
as Self
2016
I Am Belfast
Director (Directing)
2016
Eisenstein on Lawrence
Writer (Writing)
2016
Bigger Than The Shining
Director (Directing)
2016
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
as Self - Interviewee
2016
Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate
Director (Directing)
2015
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
Director (Directing)
2015
6 Desires
Cinematography (Crew)
2014
The Film That Buys the Cinema
2014
The Place
Director (Directing)
2014
Life May Be
as Self
2014
But Then Again, Too Few to Mention
Director (Directing)
2014
Apollo: First War Cinema
Writer (Writing)
2013
Here Be Dragons
as Self
2013
A Story of Children and Film
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
2013
What Is This Film Called Love?
Writer (Writing)
2012
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director (Directing)
2011
Cinema Is Everywhere
as Self
2011
The First Movie
as Self – Documentarist
2009
First Impressions
Director (Directing)
2008
The New Ten Commandments
as Self
2008
Cinema Iran
as Narrator
2005
On the Road with Kiarostami
Director (Directing)
2005
Faith
Executive Producer (Production)
2005
The Atomists
Executive Producer (Production)
2004
Pulp Fact
Director (Directing)
1997
