- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 3, 1965
- Place of Birth
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Mark Cousins
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.
Filmography
The Story of Documentary Film: 1980s
movieThe Story of Documentary Film: 1980s
2026 · Director
movieThe Story of Documentary Film: 1970s
2026 · Director
The Hearth
movieThe Hearth
2024 · Director
movieA Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Self, Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
movieCinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles
2023 · Director
movieThe Complete Story of Film
2023 · Narrator, Director
movieMy Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
2023 · Self (voice), Director, Writer
movieCannes Uncut
2023 · Self
movieThe March on Rome
2022 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Screenstory
movieThe Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart
2022 · Creator
movieThe Story of Film: A New Generation
2021 · Narrator, Director, Writer
movieThe Storms of Jeremy Thomas
2021 · Self, Director, Director of Photography, Writer
movieThe Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
2021 · Self
movieThe Story of Looking
2021 · Self, Director, Book, Screenplay
movieWho Is Bill Rebane?
2021 · Self
Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper
movieDear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper
2021 · Director
tvWomen Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2020 · Director, Writer, Creator
movie40 Days to Learn Film
2020 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Editor, Writer
movieAlexander's Film
2020 · Director
You With Your Fresh Thoughts
movieYou With Your Fresh Thoughts
2019 · Director
movie50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
2019 · Himself
movieThe Eyes of Orson Welles
2018 · Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieLove Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
2018 · Self
movieThe Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018
Storm in My Heart
movieStorm in My Heart
2018 · Director
movieStockholm, My Love
2016 · Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Writer
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
movieAntonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
2016 · Self, Executive Producer
movieI Am Belfast
2016 · Director, Writer
Eisenstein on Lawrence
movieEisenstein on Lawrence
2016 · Writer, Director
Bigger Than The Shining
movieBigger Than The Shining
2016 · Director
movieLooking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016 · Self - Interviewee
Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate
movieYour Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate
2015 · Director, Writer
movieAtomic: Living in Dread and Promise
2015 · Director
movie6 Desires
2014 · Writer, Cinematography, Director
movieThe Film That Buys the Cinema
2014 · , Director
The Place
movieThe Place
2014 · Director, Writer
movieLife May Be
2014 · Self, Director, Writer
But Then Again, Too Few to Mention
movieBut Then Again, Too Few to Mention
2014 · Director
movieApollo: First War Cinema
2013 · Writer
movieHere Be Dragons
2013 · Self, Director, Writer
movieA Story of Children and Film
2013 · Himself - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
What Is This Film Called Love?
movieWhat Is This Film Called Love?
2012 · Director, Writer
movie60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011 · Director
Cinema Is Everywhere
movieCinema Is Everywhere
2011 · Self
tvThe Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · Presenter / Narrator, Director, Creator
movieThe First Movie
2009 · Self – Documentarist, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
First Impressions
movieFirst Impressions
2008 · Director, Writer
movieThe New Ten Commandments
2008 · Self, Director
Cinema Iran
movieCinema Iran
2005 · Narrator, Director
movieOn the Road with Kiarostami
2005 · Director
movieFaith
2005 · Executive Producer
The Atomists
movieThe Atomists
2004 · Executive Producer
Pulp Fact
moviePulp Fact
1997 · Director
tvScene by Scene
1997 · Self - Presenter, Director, Writer, Creator
I Remember IKWIG
movieI Remember IKWIG
1996 · Director
Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way
movieIan Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way
1996 · Director
movieI Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
1994 · Self - Interviewer, Director
movieAnother Journey By Train
1993 · Producer, Director
Gulf War: Scottish Eye
movieGulf War: Scottish Eye
1990 · Director
Dear Mr Gorbachev
movieDear Mr Gorbachev
1990 · Assistant Director
Viewpoint '90
tvViewpoint '90
1990 · Assistant Director
tvMoviedrome
1988 · , Writer, Creator
Joie de Vivre
movieJoie de Vivre
— · Self
The Story of Documentary Film
tvThe Story of Documentary Film
— · Director, Creator