Biography
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.
Filmography
all 56
Movies 51
Director 25
self 21
Narrator 5
TV Shows 5
Producer 2
Writer 1
Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles (2023)
The Complete Story of Film (2023)
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2023)
The March on Rome (2022)
The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart (2022)
The Story of Film: A New Generation (2021)
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas (2021)
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel (2021)
The Story of Looking (2021)
Who Is Bill Rebane? (2021)
Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper (2021)
40 Days to Learn Film (2020)
Alexander's Film (2020)
You With Your Fresh Thoughts (2019)
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film (2019)
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)
The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk (2018)
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema (2018)
Storm in My Heart (2018)
Stockholm, My Love (2016)
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood (2016)
I Am Belfast (2016)
Eisenstein on Lawrence (2016)
Bigger Than The Shining (2016)
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died (2016)
Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate (2015)
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise (2015)
6 Desires (2014)
The Film That Buys the Cinema (2014)
The Place (2014)
Life May Be (2014)
But Then Again, Too Few to Mention (2014)
Apollo: First War Cinema (2013)
Here Be Dragons (2013)
A Story of Children and Film (2013)
What Is This Film Called Love? (2012)
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
Cinema Is Everywhere (2011)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
The First Movie (2009)
First Impressions (2008)
The New Ten Commandments (2008)
Cinema Iran (2005)
On the Road with Kiarostami (2005)
Faith (2005)
Pulp Fact (1997)
Scene by Scene (1997)
I Remember IKWIG (1996)
Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way (1996)
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited (1994)
Another Journey By Train (1993)
Gulf War: Scottish Eye (1990)
Dear Mr Gorbachev (1990)
Viewpoint '90 (1990)
Moviedrome (1988)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1965-05-03 (58 years old)
Birth PlaceCoventry, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsМарк Казинс
AwardsEuropean Film Award for Innovative Storytelling
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