Mark Cousins
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: May 3, 1965 (59 years old)
Place of Birth: 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.
2024
2023
2022
2021
Actor Self
The Story of Looking
Actor Self
Who Is Bill Rebane?
Actor Himself
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
Actor Self
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Actor Narrator
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Director
Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper
Director
The Story of Looking
Book
The Story of Looking
Screenplay
The Story of Looking
Director
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Writer
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Director
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Director of Photography
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Writer
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
2020
2019
2018
Actor
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
Actor Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Actor Self
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Director
Storm in My Heart
Director
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Writer
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Director of Photography
The Eyes of Orson Welles
2016
Actor Self
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Actor Self - Interviewee
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Director
I Am Belfast
Director
Eisenstein on Lawrence
Executive Producer
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Director
Bigger Than The Shining
Writer
I Am Belfast
Director
Stockholm, My Love
Screenplay
Stockholm, My Love
Cinematography
Stockholm, My Love
Writer
Stockholm, My Love
Writer
Eisenstein on Lawrence
