Mark Cousins
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.
Known for
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
- Scene by Scene (1997)
- Moviedrome (1988)
- Joie de Vivre. Notes, Thoughts, Words, Reflections, Faces, Visions, Around Bernardo Bertolucci and the Cinephilia of the 20th Century That Is No More
- Cannes Uncut (2023)
- The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
- I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited (1994)
- The Storms of Jeremy Thomas (2021)
- The Film That Buys the Cinema (2014)
- My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2023)
- Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk (2018)
- Who Is Bill Rebane? (2021)
- The New Ten Commandments (2008)
- The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema (2018)
- Here Be Dragons (2013)
- A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things (2024)
- The March on Rome (2022)
- Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died (2016)
- The Story of Film: A New Generation (2021)
- 50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film (2019)