Mark Cousins
Directing · Born May 3, 1965 · 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.
Known for
Directed
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
20247.5
Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles
2023
The Complete Story of Film
20238.0
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
20236.8
The March on Rome
20226.5
The Story of Film: A New Generation
20217.4
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
20215.5
The Story of Looking
20215.6
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
20207.0
40 Days to Learn Film
20205.0
Alexander's Film
2020
The Eyes of Orson Welles
20186.9
Stockholm, My Love
20166.7
I Am Belfast
20166.6
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
20156.7
6 Desires
20147.5
The Film That Buys the Cinema
2014
Life May Be
20145.6
Here Be Dragons
20135.7
A Story of Children and Film
20137.1
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
20114.2
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
20117.7
The First Movie
20097.3
The New Ten Commandments
20088.7
On the Road with Kiarostami
2005
Scene by Scene
19976.0
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
19946.5
Another Journey By Train
19938.0
