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.
26 movies · 3 shows
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024·7.5
The Complete Story of Film
2023·8.0
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
2023·6.7
Cannes Uncut
2023·5.3
The March on Rome
2022·6.5
The Story of Film: A New Generation
2021·7.4
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
2021·5.5
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
2021·0.0
The Story of Looking
2021·5.6
Who Is Bill Rebane?
2021·5.7
40 Days to Learn Film
2020·5.0
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
2019·0.0
The Eyes of Orson Welles
2018·7.0
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
2018·4.0
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018·0.0
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
2016·8.0
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016·0.0
The Film That Buys the Cinema
2014·0.0
Life May Be
2014·5.6
Here Be Dragons
2013·5.7
A Story of Children and Film
2013·7.1
Cinema Is Everywhere
2011·9.0
The First Movie
2009·7.3
The New Ten Commandments
2008·8.7
Cinema Iran
2005·5.5
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
1994·6.5