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Mark Cousins

Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn May 3, 1965 (60 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Story of Film: An Odyssey
  • The Story of Film: A New Generation

Known For

  • The Story of Film: An Odyssey
  • The Eyes of Orson Welles
  • The Story of Film: A New Generation
  • A Story of Children and Film
  • My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
  • Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
  • I Am Belfast
  • The First Movie
  • Stockholm, My Love
  • The March on Rome
  • Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
  • The Story of Looking
  • The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
  • A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

Mark Cousins Filmography

2023
2021
2014
2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV Series) · as Presenter / Narrator
1988
Moviedrome (TV Series)

2024
2023
Cannes Uncut · as Self
2022
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock · as Self (voice)
2022
The March on Rome · as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
2021
2021
2021
2020
40 Days to Learn Film · as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
The Eyes of Orson Welles · as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
2018
2015
I Am Belfast · as Self
2014
Life May Be · as Self
2013
A Story of Children and Film · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
2013
Here Be Dragons · as Self
2009
The First Movie · as Self – Documentarist
1997
Scene by Scene (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter
1994
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited · as Self - Interviewer
1991
Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee

2012
2005
Faith · as Executive Producer

2024
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things · as Director Of Photography
2022
The March on Rome · as Director Of Photography
2021
2021
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas · as Director Of Photography
2018
The Eyes of Orson Welles · as Director Of Photography
2016
Stockholm, My Love · as Cinematographer
2016
Eisenstein on Lawrence · as Cinematographer
2014
2014
Life May Be · as Cinematographer
2013
Here Be Dragons · as Cinematographer
2012
What Is This Film Called Love? · as Cinematographer
2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
2009
The First Movie · as Director Of Photography

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