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 · 29
6 Desires
2014 · Director
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · Director
Scene by Scene
1997 · Director
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2020 · Director
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
2023 · Director
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
1994 · Director
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
2021 · Director
The Film That Buys the Cinema
2014 · Director
The New Ten Commandments
2008 · Director
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011 · Director
The Eyes of Orson Welles
2018 · Director
The March on Rome
2022 · Director
The First Movie
2009 · Director
The Story of Film: A New Generation
2021 · Director
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
2015 · Director
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Director
On the Road with Kiarostami
2005 · Director
Here Be Dragons
2013 · Director
I Am Belfast
2016 · Director
The Story of Documentary Film: 1970s
2026 · Director
The Story of Looking
2021 · Director
Life May Be
2014 · Director
The Complete Story of Film
2023 · Director
40 Days to Learn Film
2020 · Director
Stockholm, My Love
2016 · Director
A Story of Children and Film
2013 · Director
Alexander's Film
2020 · Director
Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles
2023 · Director
Another Journey By Train
1993 · Director