Directing
Mark Cousins
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.
Filmography
Joie de vivre
Film · 2026
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Film · 2024
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Film · 2023
The Complete Story of Film
Film · 2023
Cannes Uncut
Film · 2023
The March on Rome
Film · 2022
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
Film · 2021
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Film · 2021
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Film · 2021
The Story of Looking
Film · 2021
Who Is Bill Rebane?
Film · 2021
40 Days to Learn Film
Film · 2020
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
Film · 2019
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Film · 2018
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
Film · 2018
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Film · 2018
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Film · 2016
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Film · 2016
The Film That Buys the Cinema
Film · 2014
Life May Be
Film · 2014
A Story of Children and Film
Film · 2013
Here Be Dragons
Film · 2013
Cinema Is Everywhere
Film · 2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Series · 2011
The First Movie
Film · 2009
The New Ten Commandments
Film · 2008
Cinema Iran
Film · 2005
Scene by Scene
Series · 1997
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
Film · 1994
Moviedrome
Series · 1988
The Story of Documentary Film
Series