Mark Cousins
Born: 1965-05-03 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2024
2023
- My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock as Self (voice)
- Cannes Uncut as Self
- Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles ... (Director)
- The Complete Story of Film as Narrator
2022
- The March on Rome as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart ... (Creator)
2021
- The Story of Film: A New Generation as Narrator
- Who Is Bill Rebane? as Self
- The Storms of Jeremy Thomas as Self
- The Story of Looking as Self
- Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper ... (Director)
- The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel as Self
2020
- 40 Days to Learn Film as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Alexander's Film ... (Director)
2019
- 50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film as Himself
- You With Your Fresh Thoughts ... (Director)
2018
- The Eyes of Orson Welles as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
- Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk as Self
- Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema ... (Director)
- The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
- Storm in My Heart ... (Director)
2016
- Stockholm, My Love ... (Screenplay)
- Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood as Self
- I Am Belfast ... (Director)
- Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died as Self - Interviewee
- Eisenstein on Lawrence ... (Writer)
- Bigger Than The Shining ... (Director)
2015
- Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise ... (Director)
- Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate ... (Director)
2014
- The Film That Buys the Cinema
- The Place ... (Director)
- But Then Again, Too Few to Mention ... (Director)
- 6 Desires ... (Cinematography)
- Life May Be as Self
2013
- A Story of Children and Film as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- Here Be Dragons as Self
- Apollo: First War Cinema ... (Writer)
2012
- What Is This Film Called Love? ... (Writer)
2011
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey as Presenter / Narrator
- Cinema Is Everywhere as Self
- 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero ... (Director)
2009
- The First Movie as Self – Documentarist
2008
- First Impressions ... (Director)
- The New Ten Commandments as Self
2005
- Cinema Iran as Narrator
- Faith ... (Executive Producer)
- On the Road with Kiarostami ... (Director)
2004
- The Atomists ... (Executive Producer)
1997
- Pulp Fact ... (Director)
- Scene by Scene as Self - Presenter
1996
- I Remember IKWIG ... (Director)
- Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way ... (Director)
1994
- I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited as Self - Interviewer
1993
- Another Journey By Train ... (Producer)
1990
- Gulf War: Scottish Eye ... (Director)
- Dear Mr Gorbachev ... (Assistant Director)
- Viewpoint '90 ... (Assistant Director)