Known For
Directing
Born
May 03, 1965
Place of Birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Credits
64 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Story of Documentary Film: 1980s
Director
The Story of Documentary Film: 1970s
Director
The Hearth
Director
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Self
Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles
Director
The Complete Story of Film
Narrator
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Self (voice)
Cannes Uncut
Self
The March on Rome
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart
Creator
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Narrator
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Self
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
Self
The Story of Looking
Self
Who Is Bill Rebane?
Self
Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper
Director
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Director
40 Days to Learn Film
Self - Narrator (voice)
Alexander's Film
Director
You With Your Fresh Thoughts
Director
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
Himself
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Self
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
Storm in My Heart
Director
Stockholm, My Love
Screenplay
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Self
I Am Belfast
Director
Eisenstein on Lawrence
Writer
Bigger Than The Shining
Director
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Self - Interviewee
Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate
Director
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
Director
6 Desires
Cinematography
The Film That Buys the Cinema
The Place
Director
Life May Be
Self
But Then Again, Too Few to Mention
Director
Apollo: First War Cinema
Writer
Here Be Dragons
Self
A Story of Children and Film
Himself - Narrator (voice)
What Is This Film Called Love?
Writer
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
Cinema Is Everywhere
Self
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Presenter / Narrator
The First Movie
Self – Documentarist
First Impressions
Director
The New Ten Commandments
Self
Cinema Iran
Narrator
On the Road with Kiarostami
Director