Mark Cousins

Known for: Directing
Born: May 3, 1965, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Movies: 69

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.9

The Eyes of Orson Welles

2018

7.1

A Story of Children and Film

2013

6.6

I Am Belfast

2016

6.7

Stockholm, My Love

2016

7.4

The Story of Film: A New Generation

2021

6.8

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

2023

6.7

Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise

2015

7.3

The First Movie

2009

6.5

The March on Rome

2022

5.4

Cannes Uncut

2023

Filmography

2026	Joie de vivre	Self
2024	A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things	Self
2023	The Complete Story of Film	Narrator
2023	My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock	Self (voice)
2023	Cannes Uncut	Self
2022	The March on Rome	Self - Narrator (voice)
2021	The Story of Film: A New Generation	Narrator
2021	The Storms of Jeremy Thomas	Self
2021	The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel	Self
2021	The Story of Looking	Self
2021	Who Is Bill Rebane?	Self
2020	40 Days to Learn Film	Self - Narrator (voice)
2019	50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film	Himself
2018	The Eyes of Orson Welles	Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
2018	Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk	Self
2018	The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2016	Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood	Self
2016	Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died	Self - Interviewee
2014	The Film That Buys the Cinema
2014	Life May Be	Self
2013	Here Be Dragons	Self
2013	A Story of Children and Film	Himself - Narrator (voice)
2011	Cinema Is Everywhere	Self
2009	The First Movie	Self – Documentarist
2008	The New Ten Commandments	Self
2005	Cinema Iran	Narrator
1994	I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited	Self - Interviewer

Directing, Writing & Producing

2024	The Hearth	Director
2024	A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things	Director, Screenplay
2023	Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles	Director
2023	The Complete Story of Film	Director
2023	My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock	Director, Writer
2022	The March on Rome	Director, Writer
2021	The Story of Film: A New Generation	Director, Writer
2021	The Storms of Jeremy Thomas	Director, Writer
2021	The Story of Looking	Director, Screenplay
2021	Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper	Director
2020	40 Days to Learn Film	Director, Writer
2020	Alexander's Film	Director
2019	You With Your Fresh Thoughts	Director
2018	The Eyes of Orson Welles	Director, Writer
2018	Storm in My Heart	Director
2016	Stockholm, My Love	Director, Screenplay, Writer
2016	I Am Belfast	Director, Writer
2016	Eisenstein on Lawrence	Writer, Director
2016	Bigger Than The Shining	Director
2015	Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate	Director, Writer
2015	Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise	Director
2014	6 Desires	Writer, Director
2014	The Film That Buys the Cinema	Director
2014	The Place	Director, Writer
2014	Life May Be	Director, Writer
2014	But Then Again, Too Few to Mention	Director
2013	Apollo: First War Cinema	Writer
2013	Here Be Dragons	Director, Writer
2013	A Story of Children and Film	Director, Writer
2012	What Is This Film Called Love?	Director, Writer
2011	60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero	Director
2009	The First Movie	Director, Writer
2008	First Impressions	Director, Writer
2008	The New Ten Commandments	Director
2005	Cinema Iran	Director
2005	On the Road with Kiarostami	Director
1997	Pulp Fact	Director
1996	I Remember IKWIG	Director
1996	Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way	Director
1994	I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited	Director
1993	Another Journey By Train	Producer, Director
1990	Gulf War: Scottish Eye	Director

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