Mark Cousins
Director
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.
As Director
A Story of Children and Film
2013
I Am Belfast
2016
Stockholm, My Love
2016
The Story of Film: A New Generation
2021
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
2015
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
2023
The First Movie
2009
The March on Rome
2022
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
2021
6 Desires
2014
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011Filmography
The Eyes of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice) 2018
A Story of Children and Film
as Himself - Narrator (voice) 2013
The Story of Film: A New Generation
as Narrator 2021
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (voice) 2023
The First Movie
as Self – Documentarist 2009
The March on Rome
as Self - Narrator (voice) 2022
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
as Self 2021
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
as Self - Interviewer 1994
Cannes Uncut
as Self 2023
The Story of Looking
as Self 2021
Life May Be
as Self 2014
Who Is Bill Rebane?
as Self 2021
The New Ten Commandments
as Self 2008
Here Be Dragons
as Self 2013
Cinema Is Everywhere
as Self 2011
Cinema Iran
as Narrator 2005
The Complete Story of Film
as Narrator 2023