Mark Cousins

Known for DirectingBorn 1965-05-03 (age 61)Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Cinema Is Everywhere

Faith

The New Ten Commandments

The Complete Story of Film

Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood

Another Journey By Train

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

6 Desires

The Story of Film: A New Generation

The First Movie

A Story of Children and Film

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

The Eyes of Orson Welles

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise

I Am Belfast

Stockholm, My Love

The March on Rome

I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited

Cannes Uncut

What Is This Film Called Love?

Eisenstein on Lawrence

Scene by Scene

Who Is Bill Rebane?

Moviedrome

Here Be Dragons

The Story of Looking

Life May Be

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

Apollo: First War Cinema

Cinema Iran

40 Days to Learn Film

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate

The Story of Documentary Film: 1970s

The Hearth

Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles

The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart

The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel

Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper

Alexander's Film

50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film

You With Your Fresh Thoughts

The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema

Storm in My Heart

Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died