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Mark Cousins
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 Od…
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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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2024
The Hearth
Movie Director
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2024
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Movie Self
- 2023
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2023
The Complete Story of Film
Movie Narrator
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2023
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Movie Self (voice)
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2023
Cannes Uncut
Movie Self
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2022
The March on Rome
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2022
The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart
Movie Creator
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2021
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Movie Narrator
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2021
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Movie Self
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2021
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
Movie Self
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2021
The Story of Looking
Movie Self
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2021
Who Is Bill Rebane?
Movie Self
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2021
Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper
Movie Director
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2020
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
TV show Director
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2020
40 Days to Learn Film
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
More credits
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2020
Alexander's Film
Movie Director
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2019
You With Your Fresh Thoughts
Movie Director
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2019
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
Movie Himself
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2018
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Movie Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
- 2018
- 2018
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2018
Storm in My Heart
Movie Director
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2016
Stockholm, My Love
Movie Screenplay
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2016
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Movie Self
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2016
I Am Belfast
Movie Director
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2016
Eisenstein on Lawrence
Movie Writer
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2016
Bigger Than The Shining
Movie Director
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2016
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Movie Self - Interviewee
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2015
Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate
Movie Director
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2015
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
Movie Director
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2014
6 Desires
Movie Cinematography
- 2014
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2014
The Place
Movie Director
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2014
Life May Be
Movie Self
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2014
But Then Again, Too Few to Mention
Movie Director
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2013
Apollo: First War Cinema
Movie Writer
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2013
Here Be Dragons
Movie Self
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2013
A Story of Children and Film
Movie Himself - Narrator (voice)
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2012
What Is This Film Called Love?
Movie Writer
