Person
Mark Cousins
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 3, 1965
- From
- 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.
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Credits
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
The Eyes of Orson Welles
A Story of Children and Film
The Story of Film: A New Generation
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
The First Movie
The March on Rome
Cannes Uncut
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
The Story of Looking
Life May Be
Who Is Bill Rebane?
The New Ten Commandments
Here Be Dragons
Scene by Scene
Cinema Is Everywhere
Cinema Iran