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.
Directed
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The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) — Director
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The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018) — Director
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A Story of Children and Film (2013) — Director
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I Am Belfast (2016) — Director
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Stockholm, My Love (2016) — Director
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The Story of Film: A New Generation (2021) — Director
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Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise (2015) — Director
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My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2023) — Director
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The First Movie (2009) — Director
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The March on Rome (2022) — Director
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60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011) — Director
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Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2020) — Director
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The Storms of Jeremy Thomas (2021) — Director
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6 Desires (2014) — Director
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I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited (1994) — Director
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The Story of Looking (2021) — Director
- What Is This Film Called Love? (2012) — Director
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Life May Be (2014) — Director
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Here Be Dragons (2013) — Director
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The New Ten Commandments (2008) — Director
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Scene by Scene (1997) — Director
- Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate (2015) — Director
- Cinema Iran (2005) — Director
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The Complete Story of Film (2023) — Director
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Another Journey By Train (1993) — Director
- Eisenstein on Lawrence (2016) — Director
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A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things (2024) — Director
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40 Days to Learn Film (2020) — Director
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Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles (2023) — Director
- Gulf War: Scottish Eye (1990) — Director
- I Remember IKWIG (1996) — Director
- Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way (1996) — Director
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On the Road with Kiarostami (2005) — Director
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The Film That Buys the Cinema (2014) — Director
- You With Your Fresh Thoughts (2019) — Director
- First Impressions (2008) — Director
- But Then Again, Too Few to Mention (2014) — Director
- The Place (2014) — Director
- Bigger Than The Shining (2016) — Director
- Pulp Fact (1997) — Director
Also appeared in
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The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) — Presenter / Narrator
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The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018) — Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
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A Story of Children and Film (2013) — Himself - Narrator (voice)
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The Story of Film: A New Generation (2021) — Narrator
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My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2023) — Self (voice)
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The First Movie (2009) — Self – Documentarist
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The March on Rome (2022) — Self - Narrator (voice)
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I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited (1994) — Self - Interviewer
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The Storms of Jeremy Thomas (2021) — Self
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Cannes Uncut (2023) — Self
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The Story of Looking (2021) — Self
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Life May Be (2014) — Self
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Who Is Bill Rebane? (2021) — Self
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The New Ten Commandments (2008) — Self
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Here Be Dragons (2013) — Self
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Scene by Scene (1997) — Self - Presenter
- Cinema Is Everywhere (2011) — Self
- Cinema Iran (2005) — Narrator
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The Complete Story of Film (2023) — Narrator
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Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk (2018) — Self
- Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood (2016) — Self
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40 Days to Learn Film (2020) — Self - Narrator (voice)
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A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things (2024) — Self
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Moviedrome (1988)
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The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel (2021) — Self
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The Film That Buys the Cinema (2014)
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Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died (2016) — Self - Interviewee
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The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema (2018)
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50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film (2019) — Himself
- Joie de Vivre — Self