Cast & creator
Mark Cousins
Best known for Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
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.
Also known as: Марк Казинс
106
film credits
19
television credits
31
1988–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
★ 7.0Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Director · 2020
★ 7.0Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Writer · 2020
★ 7.0Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Creator · 2020
★ 7.7The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Presenter / Narrator · 2011
★ 7.7The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Director · 2011
Across film & television
Filmography (125)
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Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Director
2020Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Writer
2020Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Creator
2020The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Presenter / Narrator
2011The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Director
2011The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Creator
2011
Scene by Scene
Self - Presenter
1997Scene by Scene
Director
1997Scene by Scene
Writer
1997Scene by Scene
Creator
1997
Moviedrome
1988Moviedrome
Writer
1988Moviedrome
Creator
1988
Cannes Uncut
Self
2023
Joie de Vivre
Self
2026
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
2018The Eyes of Orson Welles
Writer
2018The Eyes of Orson Welles
Director
2018The Eyes of Orson Welles
Director of Photography
2018The Story of Documentary Film
Self – Narrator
The Story of Documentary Film
Director
The Story of Documentary Film
Writer
The Story of Documentary Film
Director of Photography
The Story of Documentary Film
Creator
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Self (voice)
2023My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Director
2023My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Writer
2023
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2011
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Self
2021The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Director
2021The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Writer
2021The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Director of Photography
2021
6 Desires
Cinematography
20146 Desires
Writer
20146 Desires
Director
2014
The New Ten Commandments
Self
2008The New Ten Commandments
Director
2008
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
Self - Interviewer
1994I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
Director
1994
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Self
2018
The Film That Buys the Cinema
2014The Film That Buys the Cinema
Director
2014
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Self
2024A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Director
2024A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Screenplay
2024A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Director of Photography
2024Viewpoint '90
Assistant Director
1990
Faith
Executive Producer
2005
Here Be Dragons
Self
2013Here Be Dragons
Director
2013Here Be Dragons
Writer
2013Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Self
2016Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Executive Producer
2016
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018
Who Is Bill Rebane?
Self
2021The Atomists
Executive Producer
2004
The March on Rome
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022The March on Rome
Director
2022The March on Rome
Writer
2022The March on Rome
Director of Photography
2022The March on Rome
Screenstory
2022
On the Road with Kiarostami
Director
2005
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Narrator
2021The Story of Film: A New Generation
Director
2021The Story of Film: A New Generation
Writer
2021
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
Himself
2019
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
Director
2015
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Self - Interviewee
2016You With Your Fresh Thoughts
Director
2019
Apollo: First War Cinema
Writer
2013
A Story of Children and Film
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2013A Story of Children and Film
Writer
2013A Story of Children and Film
Director
2013
The First Movie
Self – Documentarist
2009The First Movie
Director
2009The First Movie
Writer
2009The First Movie
Director of Photography
2009
I Am Belfast
Director
2016I Am Belfast
Writer
2016
40 Days to Learn Film
Self - Narrator (voice)
202040 Days to Learn Film
Director
202040 Days to Learn Film
Writer
202040 Days to Learn Film
Editor
2020
The Story of Looking
Self
2021The Story of Looking
Screenplay
2021The Story of Looking
Book
2021The Story of Looking
Director
2021Dear Mr Gorbachev
Assistant Director
1990
The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart
Creator
2022Pulp Fact
Director
1997Storm in My Heart
Director
2018The Hearth
Director
2024
Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles
Director
2023Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper
Director
2021
The Complete Story of Film
Narrator
2023The Complete Story of Film
Director
2023
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
Self
2021
Stockholm, My Love
Screenplay
2016Stockholm, My Love
Director
2016Stockholm, My Love
Writer
2016Stockholm, My Love
Cinematography
2016Cinema Is Everywhere
Self
2011Eisenstein on Lawrence
Writer
2016Eisenstein on Lawrence
Director
2016Cinema Iran
Narrator
2005Cinema Iran
Director
2005What Is This Film Called Love?
Writer
2012What Is This Film Called Love?
Director
2012Bigger Than The Shining
Director
2016I Remember IKWIG
Director
1996But Then Again, Too Few to Mention
Director
2014Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate
Director
2015Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate
Writer
2015Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way
Director
1996
Another Journey By Train
Producer
1993Another Journey By Train
Director
1993Gulf War: Scottish Eye
Director
1990
Life May Be
Self
2014Life May Be
Director
2014Life May Be
Writer
2014
Alexander's Film
Director
2020The Place
Director
2014The Place
Writer
2014First Impressions
Director
2008First Impressions
Writer
2008