Mark Cousins
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 3, 1965 (age 61)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
The Story of Documentary Film
TV · Director · 16 eps
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Movie · Director
The Hearth
Movie · Director
Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles
Movie · Director
The Complete Story of Film
Movie · Director
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Movie · Director
The March on Rome
Movie · Director
The Story of Looking
Movie · Director
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Movie · Director
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Movie · Director
Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper
Movie · Director
Alexander's Film
Movie · Director
40 Days to Learn Film
Movie · Director
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
TV · Director · 14 eps
You With Your Fresh Thoughts
Movie · Director
Storm in My Heart
Movie · Director
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Movie · Director
I Am Belfast
Movie · Director
Eisenstein on Lawrence
Movie · Director
Bigger Than The Shining
Movie · Director
Stockholm, My Love
Movie · Director
Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate
Movie · Director
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
Movie · Director
Life May Be
Movie · Director
The Film That Buys the Cinema
Movie · Director
6 Desires
Movie · Director
But Then Again, Too Few to Mention
Movie · Director
The Place
Movie · Director
A Story of Children and Film
Movie · Director
Here Be Dragons
Movie · Director
What Is This Film Called Love?
Movie · Director
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Movie · Director
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
TV · Director · 15 eps
The First Movie
Movie · Director
First Impressions
Movie · Director
The New Ten Commandments
Movie · Director
On the Road with Kiarostami
Movie · Director
Cinema Iran
Movie · Director
Pulp Fact
Movie · Director
Scene by Scene
TV · Director · 24 eps
Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way
Movie · Director
I Remember IKWIG
Movie · Director
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
Movie · Director
Another Journey By Train
Movie · Director
Dear Mr Gorbachev
Movie · Assistant Director
Gulf War: Scottish Eye
Movie · Director
Viewpoint '90
TV · Assistant Director · 1 ep