Mark Cousins

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.

Crew

The Story of Looking

(Director)

The Story of Looking

(Screenplay)

The Story of Looking

(Book)

The Story of Film: A New Generation

(Director)

The Story of Film: A New Generation

(Writer)

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

(Director)

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

(Director of Photography)

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

(Writer)

The First Movie

(Director)

What Is This Film Called Love?

(Writer)

What Is This Film Called Love?

(Director)

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

(Director)

A Story of Children and Film

(Director)

A Story of Children and Film

(Writer)

The Complete Story of Film

(Director)

Here Be Dragons

(Director)

Another Journey By Train

(Producer)

Dear Mr Gorbachev

(Assistant Director)

Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way

(Director)

Gulf War: Scottish Eye

(Director)

I Remember IKWIG

(Director)

Another Journey By Train

(Director)

Life May Be

(Director)

On the Road with Kiarostami

(Director)

Eisenstein on Lawrence

(Writer)

6 Desires

(Cinematography)

6 Desires

(Writer)

The March on Rome

(Director)

The March on Rome

(Writer)

The Film That Buys the Cinema

(Director)

6 Desires

(Director)

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

(Director)

The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart

(Creator)

You With Your Fresh Thoughts

(Director)

I Am Belfast

(Director)

The March on Rome

(Director of Photography)

Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate

(Director)

First Impressions

(Writer)

But Then Again, Too Few to Mention

(Director)

The Place

(Writer)

Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate

(Writer)

The Place

(Director)

First Impressions

(Director)

Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise

(Director)

Eisenstein on Lawrence

(Director)

Bigger Than The Shining

(Director)

Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood

(Executive Producer)

I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited

(Director)

I Am Belfast

(Writer)

Stockholm, My Love

(Director)

Stockholm, My Love

(Screenplay)

Pulp Fact

(Director)

Cinema Iran

(Director)

Stockholm, My Love

(Cinematography)

Stockholm, My Love

(Writer)

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

(Director)

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

(Screenplay)

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

(Director of Photography)

Storm in My Heart

(Director)

The Eyes of Orson Welles

(Director)

The Eyes of Orson Welles

(Writer)

The Eyes of Orson Welles

(Director of Photography)

Faith

(Executive Producer)

The First Movie

(Director of Photography)

The First Movie

(Writer)

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

(Writer)

Apollo: First War Cinema

(Writer)

The March on Rome

(Screenstory)

The New Ten Commandments

(Director)

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

(Director)

Alexander's Film

(Director)

40 Days to Learn Film

(Director)

40 Days to Learn Film

(Editor)

40 Days to Learn Film

(Writer)

Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper

(Director)

Scene by Scene

(Director)

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

(Director)

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

(Director)

Scene by Scene

(Writer)

Viewpoint '90

(Assistant Director)

Moviedrome

(Writer)

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

(Writer)

Scene by Scene

(Creator)

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

(Creator)

Moviedrome

(Creator)

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

(Creator)