Mark Jenkin

Known for DirectingBorn 1970-01-01 (age 56)Newlyn, United Kingdom

Mark Jenkin (born 1976; Newlyn) is a British (Cornish) director, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and producer. He wrote and directed the film Bait (2019), which earned him a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Jenkin won the Frank Copplestone First Time Director Award at The Celtic Film & Television Festival in 2002 for his debut film Golden Burn. He followed this success with documentaries, shorts and low-budget feature films including The Man Who Needed a Traffic Light, The Rabbit and The Lobsterman, a documentary on the life of Cornish playwright Nick Darke. His 2007 feature film The Midnight Drives was described by Derek Malcolm, film critic for The Evening Standard as "A moving film about parentage with an exceptional performance from Colin Holt at its centre". Jenkin wrote and directed the 2019 drama film Bait, starring his partner Mary Woodvine. In 2020, Jenkin was recognised as a Cornish Bard for his work in promoting Cornwall’s heritage. In 2022, he created two music videos for the band the Smile.Read more

Movies & web series

The Wrecking Season

Hard, Cracked the Wind

Cape Cornwall Calling/All the White Horses

Walking with Dinosaurs

David Bowie Is Dead

Enough to Fill Up an Eggcup

The Man Who Needed A Traffic Light

Bait

Bronco's House

A Dog Called Discord

Rose of Nevada

The Road to Zennor

Dear Marianne

29 Hour Long Birthday

Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape

The Essential Cornishman

Aurora's Kiss

Enys Men

Summer in February

Countryfile

Another Horizon

London

The Land Demands Blood: Hammer Horror and the Legacy of Cornish Gothic

I Saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash

The Shout: A Pilgrimage

Porth Trethek

A Tongueless Man

Tomato

A Forest

Saint-Pol-de-Léon June

Dougie & Jimmy

The Field in Paul Where The Sun Goes to Bed Each Night

The Lady with the Long Brown Hair

What You See is What You Get

The Fisherman’s Prayer

Sandy Cove

Newlyn Light

No.10

Time, Temperature, Agitation

An Air That Kills

Skilly

Never Be Me

St Buryan to Lamorna/Orange

Morgawr

Paris 14

If This Is No-one's Then It's Ours

Plunge

The Darkest Place I Know