Mark Cousins
Directing
Born: 1965-05-03 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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.
Known For
Moviedrome
Scene by Scene
Self - Presenter
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Presenter / Narrator
Joie de Vivre. Notes, Thoughts, Words, Reflections, Faces, Visions, Around Bernardo Bertolucci and the Cinephilia of the 20th Century That Is No More
Self
Cannes Uncut
Self
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
Self - Interviewer
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Self
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Self (voice)
The March on Rome
Self - Narrator (voice)
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Self
The New Ten Commandments
Self
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Self
Here Be Dragons
Self
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Narrator
The Story of Looking
Self
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
Who Is Bill Rebane?
Self
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Self - Interviewee
The Film That Buys the Cinema
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
Himself
The Complete Story of Film
Narrator
A Story of Children and Film
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Life May Be
Self
The First Movie
Self – Documentarist
40 Days to Learn Film
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
Self