Personal Info
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
BirthdayMay 2, 1965 (59 years old)
Place of BirthBelfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
The Story of Film: A New Generation
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
The First Movie
The March on Rome
A Story of Children and Film
The Complete Story of Film
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
The Film That Buys the Cinema
Cinema Is Everywhere
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Cannes Uncut
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
The Eyes of Orson Welles
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
40 Days to Learn Film
Cinema Iran
The Story of Looking
Who Is Bill Rebane?
Joie de vivre
The New Ten Commandments
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Moviedrome
Scene by Scene
The Story of Looking
The Story of Looking
The Story of Looking
The Story of Film: A New Generation
The Story of Film: A New Generation
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
The First Movie
Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles
A Story of Children and Film
A Story of Children and Film
The Complete Story of Film
Here Be Dragons
Another Journey By Train
Another Journey By Train
On the Road with Kiarostami
6 Desires
6 Desires
The March on Rome
The March on Rome
The Film That Buys the Cinema
6 Desires
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart
I Am Belfast
The March on Rome
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
I Am Belfast
Stockholm, My Love
Stockholm, My Love
Stockholm, My Love
Stockholm, My Love
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
The Eyes of Orson Welles
The Eyes of Orson Welles
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Faith
The First Movie
The First Movie
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Apollo: First War Cinema
The March on Rome
The New Ten Commandments
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Alexander's Film
40 Days to Learn Film
40 Days to Learn Film
40 Days to Learn Film
Scene by Scene
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Scene by Scene
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Scene by Scene
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema