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, Book, Screenplay
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Director, Writer
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
The First Movie
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
What Is This Film Called Love?
Director, Writer
Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles
Director
A Story of Children and Film
Director, Writer
The Complete Story of Film
Director
Here Be Dragons
Director, Writer
Another Journey By Train
Producer, Director
Dear Mr Gorbachev
Assistant Director
Gulf War: Scottish Eye
Director
Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way
Director
I Remember IKWIG
Director
Life May Be
Director, Writer
On the Road with Kiarostami
Director
Eisenstein on Lawrence
Writer, Director
6 Desires
Writer, Cinematography, Director
The March on Rome
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Screenstory
The Film That Buys the Cinema
Director
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Director, Writer
The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart
Creator
You With Your Fresh Thoughts
Director
I Am Belfast
Director, Writer
But Then Again, Too Few to Mention
Director
The Place
Director, Writer
Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate
Director, Writer
First Impressions
Director, Writer
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
Director
Bigger Than The Shining
Director
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Executive Producer
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
Director
Stockholm, My Love
Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Writer
Pulp Fact
Director
Cinema Iran
Director
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Storm in My Heart
Director
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Faith
Executive Producer
Apollo: First War Cinema
Writer
The New Ten Commandments
Director
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
Alexander's Film
Director
40 Days to Learn Film
Director, Editor, Writer
Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper
Director
The Atomists
Executive Producer
The Hearth
Director