Directing
Mark Cousins
- Born
- May 3, 1965
- Place
- 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.
Filmography
Known for
6.5I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
1994
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
2021
5.5The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
2021
7.4The Story of Film: A New Generation
2021
6.7My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
2023
7.3The First Movie
2009
6.5The March on Rome
2022
7.1A Story of Children and Film
2013
8.0The Complete Story of Film
2023
4.0Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
2018
The Film That Buys the Cinema
2014
5.4Cannes Uncut
2023
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018
6.9The Eyes of Orson Welles
2018
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
2019
5.040 Days to Learn Film
2020
5.6The Story of Looking
2021