Mark Cousins

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

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Scene by Scene

Moviedrome

The Eyes of Orson Welles

The New Ten Commandments

Cannes Uncut

The March on Rome

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

All Movies (27)

• A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things2024 · as Self
• The Complete Story of Film2023 · as Narrator
• My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock2023 · as Self (voice)
• Cannes Uncut2023 · as Self
• The March on Rome2022 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Story of Film: A New Generation2021 · as Narrator
• The Storms of Jeremy Thomas2021 · as Self
• The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel2021 · as Self
• The Story of Looking2021 · as Self
• Who Is Bill Rebane?2021 · as Self
• 40 Days to Learn Film2020 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film2019 · as Himself
• The Eyes of Orson Welles2018 · as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
• Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk2018 · as Self
• The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema2018
• Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood2016 · as Self
• Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died2016 · as Self - Interviewee
• The Film That Buys the Cinema2014
• Life May Be2014 · as Self
• Here Be Dragons2013 · as Self
• A Story of Children and Film2013 · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
• Cinema Is Everywhere2011 · as Self
• The First Movie2009 · as Self – Documentarist
• The New Ten Commandments2008 · as Self
• Cinema Iran2005 · as Narrator
• I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited1994 · as Self - Interviewer
• Joie de Vivre— · as Self

All TV Shows (3)

• The Story of Film: An Odyssey2011 · as Presenter / Narrator
• Scene by Scene1997 · as Self - Presenter
• Moviedrome1988