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Mark Cousins

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Known For

60 Years Old

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.

Born

Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK on 3rd May 1965

All Credits

Scene by Scene Image
Scene by Scene
Self - Presenter
The Story of Film: An Odyssey Image
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Presenter / Narrator
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Moviedrome
Who Is Bill Rebane? Image
Who Is Bill Rebane?
Self
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk Image
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Self
The New Ten Commandments Image
The New Ten Commandments
Self
The Story of Film: A New Generation Image
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Narrator
The March on Rome Image
The March on Rome
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas Image
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Self
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things Image
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Self
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock Image
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Self (voice)
Cannes Uncut Image
Cannes Uncut
Self
The Eyes of Orson Welles Image
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
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Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Self
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I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
Self - Interviewer
The Complete Story of Film Image
The Complete Story of Film
Narrator
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died Image
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Self - Interviewee
The Story of Looking Image
The Story of Looking
Self
40 Days to Learn Film Image
40 Days to Learn Film
Self - Narrator (voice)
A Story of Children and Film Image
A Story of Children and Film
Himself - Narrator (voice)
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Joie de vivre
Self
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema Image
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
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Cinema Is Everywhere
Self
The First Movie Image
The First Movie
Self – Documentarist
The Film That Buys the Cinema Image
The Film That Buys the Cinema
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel Image
The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel
Himself
Life May Be Image
Life May Be
Self
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Cinema Iran
Narrator
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film Image
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
Himself