Mark Cousins
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 3, 1965 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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
| 2024 | A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper ThingsSelf | |
| 2023 | My Name Is Alfred HitchcockSelf (voice) | |
| 2023 | The Complete Story of FilmNarrator | |
| 2023 | Cannes UncutSelf | |
| 2022 | The March on RomeSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2021 | The Flowers the Fish and the CockerelSelf | |
| 2021 | The Storms of Jeremy ThomasSelf | |
| 2021 | The Story of Film: A New GenerationNarrator | |
| 2021 | The Story of LookingSelf | |
| 2021 | Who Is Bill Rebane?Self | |
| 2020 | 40 Days to Learn FilmSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2019 | 50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through FilmHimself | |
| 2018 | Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian BorowczykSelf | |
| 2018 | The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema | |
| 2018 | The Eyes of Orson WellesSelf - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice) | |
| 2016 | Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to HollywoodSelf | |
| 2016 | Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown DiedSelf - Interviewee | |
| 2014 | The Film That Buys the Cinema | |
| 2014 | Life May BeSelf | |
| 2013 | A Story of Children and FilmHimself - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2013 | Here Be DragonsSelf | |
| 2011 | Cinema Is EverywhereSelf | |
| 2011 | The Story of Film: An OdysseyPresenter / Narrator | |
| 2009 | The First MovieSelf – Documentarist | |
| 2008 | The New Ten CommandmentsSelf | |
| 2005 | Cinema IranNarrator | |
| 1997 | Scene by SceneSelf - Presenter | |
| 1994 | I Know Where I'm Going! RevisitedSelf - Interviewer | |
| 1988 | Moviedrome | |
| - | Joie de VivreSelf |
| 2016 | Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to HollywoodExecutive Producer | |
| 2005 | FaithExecutive Producer | |
| 2004 | The AtomistsExecutive Producer | |
| 1993 | Another Journey By TrainProducer |
| 2024 | A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper ThingsDirector | |
| 2023 | Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda MylesDirector | |
| 2023 | The Complete Story of FilmDirector | |
| 2023 | My Name Is Alfred HitchcockDirector | |
| 2022 | The March on RomeDirector | |
| 2021 | The Story of LookingDirector | |
| 2021 | The Story of Film: A New GenerationDirector | |
| 2021 | The Storms of Jeremy ThomasDirector | |
| 2021 | Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light SleeperDirector | |
| 2020 | Alexander's FilmDirector | |
| 2020 | 40 Days to Learn FilmDirector | |
| 2020 | Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through CinemaDirector | |
| 2019 | You With Your Fresh ThoughtsDirector | |
| 2018 | Storm in My HeartDirector | |
| 2018 | The Eyes of Orson WellesDirector | |
| 2016 | I Am BelfastDirector | |
| 2016 | Eisenstein on LawrenceDirector | |
| 2016 | Bigger Than The ShiningDirector | |
| 2016 | Stockholm, My LoveDirector | |
| 2015 | Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with HateDirector | |
| 2015 | Atomic: Living in Dread and PromiseDirector | |
| 2014 | Life May BeDirector | |
| 2014 | The Film That Buys the CinemaDirector | |
| 2014 | 6 DesiresDirector | |
| 2014 | But Then Again, Too Few to MentionDirector | |
| 2014 | The PlaceDirector | |
| 2013 | A Story of Children and FilmDirector | |
| 2013 | Here Be DragonsDirector | |
| 2012 | What Is This Film Called Love?Director | |
| 2011 | 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroDirector | |
| 2011 | The Story of Film: An OdysseyDirector | |
| 2009 | The First MovieDirector | |
| 2008 | First ImpressionsDirector | |
| 2008 | The New Ten CommandmentsDirector | |
| 2005 | On the Road with KiarostamiDirector | |
| 2005 | Cinema IranDirector | |
| 1997 | Pulp FactDirector | |
| 1997 | Scene by SceneDirector | |
| 1996 | Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee WayDirector | |
| 1996 | I Remember IKWIGDirector | |
| 1994 | I Know Where I'm Going! RevisitedDirector | |
| 1993 | Another Journey By TrainDirector | |
| 1990 | Dear Mr GorbachevAssistant Director | |
| 1990 | Gulf War: Scottish EyeDirector | |
| 1990 | Viewpoint '90Assistant Director | |
| - | The HearthDirector | |
| - | The Story of Documentary FilmDirector |
| 2024 | A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper ThingsScreenplay | |
| 2023 | My Name Is Alfred HitchcockWriter | |
| 2022 | The March on RomeWriter | |
| 2022 | The March on RomeScreenstory | |
| 2021 | The Story of LookingBook | |
| 2021 | The Story of LookingScreenplay | |
| 2021 | The Story of Film: A New GenerationWriter | |
| 2021 | The Storms of Jeremy ThomasWriter | |
| 2020 | 40 Days to Learn FilmWriter | |
| 2020 | Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through CinemaWriter | |
| 2018 | The Eyes of Orson WellesWriter | |
| 2016 | Eisenstein on LawrenceWriter | |
| 2016 | I Am BelfastWriter | |
| 2016 | Stockholm, My LoveScreenplay | |
| 2016 | Stockholm, My LoveWriter | |
| 2015 | Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with HateWriter | |
| 2014 | 6 DesiresWriter | |
| 2014 | The PlaceWriter | |
| 2014 | Life May BeWriter | |
| 2013 | A Story of Children and FilmWriter | |
| 2013 | Apollo: First War CinemaWriter | |
| 2013 | Here Be DragonsWriter | |
| 2012 | What Is This Film Called Love?Writer | |
| 2009 | The First MovieWriter | |
| 2008 | First ImpressionsWriter | |
| 1997 | Scene by SceneWriter | |
| 1988 | MoviedromeWriter |
| 2022 | The Ballad of a Great Disordered HeartCreator | |
| 2016 | Stockholm, My LoveCinematography | |
| 2014 | 6 DesiresCinematography |