Director
Mark Cousins
61 years · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK · 34 films
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.
Best known for
The Eyes of Orson Welles
2018 · Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice), Director
On HBO Max
A Story of Children and Film
2013 · Himself - Narrator (voice), Director
I Am Belfast
2016 · Director, Writer
Stockholm, My Love
2016 · Director, Screenplay
The Story of Film: A New Generation
2021 · Narrator, Director
On OVID
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
2023 · Self (voice), Director
On Kanopy
Filmography 34
Joie de vivre
2026 · Self
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Self, Director
Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles
2023 · Director
The Complete Story of Film
2023 · Narrator, Director
On OVID
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
2023 · Self (voice), Director
On Kanopy
Cannes Uncut
2023 · Self
The March on Rome
2022 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director
The Story of Film: A New Generation
2021 · Narrator, Director
On OVID
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
2021 · Self, Director
On Kanopy
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
2021 · Self
The Story of Looking
2021 · Self, Director
On OVID
Who Is Bill Rebane?
2021 · Self
40 Days to Learn Film
2020 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director
On YouTube
Alexander's Film
2020 · Director
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
2019 · Himself
The Eyes of Orson Welles
2018 · Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice), Director
On HBO Max
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
2018 · Self
On OVID
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018 · Actor
Stockholm, My Love
2016 · Director, Screenplay
I Am Belfast
2016 · Director, Writer
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016 · Self - Interviewee
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
2015 · Director
On Kanopy
6 Desires
2014 · Writer, Director
The Film That Buys the Cinema
2014 · Actor, Director