
Mark Cousins
Directing
1965-05-03 · 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.
movieA Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
as Self · 2024 · 7.5
movieThe Complete Story of Film
as Narrator · 2023 · 8.0
movieMy Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (voice) · 2023 · 6.7
movieCannes Uncut
as Self · 2023 · 6.2
movieThe March on Rome
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2022 · 6.5
movieThe Story of Film: A New Generation
as Narrator · 2021 · 7.4
movieThe Storms of Jeremy Thomas
as Self · 2021 · 5.5
movieThe Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
as Self · 2021 · 0.0
movieThe Story of Looking
as Self · 2021 · 5.6
movieWho Is Bill Rebane?
as Self · 2021 · 5.7
movie40 Days to Learn Film
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2020 · 5.0
movie50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
as Himself · 2019 · 0.0
movieThe Eyes of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice) · 2018 · 7.0
movieLove Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
as Self · 2018 · 4.0
movieThe Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
as · 2018 · 0.0
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
as Self · 2016 · 8.0
movieLooking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
as Self - Interviewee · 2016 · 0.0
movieThe Film That Buys the Cinema
as · 2014 · 0.0
movieLife May Be
as Self · 2014 · 5.6
movieHere Be Dragons
as Self · 2013 · 5.7
movieA Story of Children and Film
as Himself - Narrator (voice) · 2013 · 7.1
Cinema Is Everywhere
as Self · 2011 · 9.0
tvThe Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Presenter / Narrator · 2011 · 7.7
movieThe First Movie
as Self – Documentarist · 2009 · 7.3