Mark Jenkin

Mark Jenkin (born 1976; Newlyn) is a British (Cornish) director, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and producer. He wrote and directed the film Bait (2019), which earned him a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Jenkin won the Frank Copplestone First Time Director Award at The Celtic Film & Television Festival in 2002 for his debut film Golden Burn. He followed this success with documentaries, shorts and low-budget feature films including The Man Who Needed a Traffic Light, The Rabbit and The Lobsterman, a documentary on the life of Cornish playwright Nick Darke. His 2007 feature film The Midnight Drives was described by Derek Malcolm, film critic for The Evening Standard as "A moving film about parentage with an exceptional performance from Colin Holt at its centre". Jenkin wrote and directed the 2019 drama film Bait, starring his partner Mary Woodvine. In 2020, Jenkin was recognised as a Cornish Bard for his work in promoting Cornwall’s heritage. In 2022, he created two music videos for the band the Smile.

Cast

A Dog Called Discord

David Bowie Is Dead

Time, Temperature, Agitation

Crew

The Man Who Needed A Traffic Light

Director, Editor, Writer

An Air That Kills

Screenplay, Editor, Producer, Camera Operator, Director

Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Screenplay

Cape Cornwall Calling/All the White Horses

Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Director, Writer

The Road to Zennor

Sound Editor, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Director

The Essential Cornishman

Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director

St Buryan to Lamorna/Orange

Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer

A Dog Called Discord

Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director

Sound Editor, Editor, Director, Director of Photography

The Midnight Drives

Editor, Director, Writer

Original Music Composer, Director, Editor, Screenplay, Director of Photography

Editor, Director, Writer

Thoughts From Inside a Headache

Director, Writer

You See Me in Whatever Light that You Choose

Another Horizon

Writer, Director

The Lost Footage of the Fabulous ‘Shorty’ Backways Brothers

Producer, Director, Writer

The Mixed Emotions of a Middle Distance Runner

The Darkest Place I Know

The Wrecking Season

Editor, Producer, Director of Photography

If This Is No-one's Then It's Ours

The 12 Inch Pianist

Editor, Director of Photography

The St. Columb Club

Editor, Camera Operator

Cornish Wrestling

What You See is What You Get

Saint-Pol-de-Léon June

The Fisherman’s Prayer

The Field in Paul Where The Sun Goes to Bed Each Night

Weekend Retreat

The Lady with the Long Brown Hair

Director of Photography

Director of Photography, Editor, Director

Summer in February

Executive Producer

The Art of Catching Lobsters

Director of Photography

Director of Photography, Director

29 Hour Long Birthday

The Shout: A Pilgrimage

Idea, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Sound, Editor, Director, Writer

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

Happy Christmas

Director, Screenplay

Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer

David Bowie Is Dead

Hard, Cracked the Wind

Director, Editor

Wake to a Dream

Enough to Fill Up an Eggcup

A Tongueless Man

Editor, Director, Director of Photography

Director, Screenplay, Editor, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Sound

I Saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash