
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.

Scene by Scene
TV • 1997

The Story of Film: An Odyssey
TV • 2011

Moviedrome
TV • 1988

Cannes Uncut
MOVIE • 2023

The New Ten Commandments
MOVIE • 2008

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
MOVIE • 2024

The Eyes of Orson Welles
MOVIE • 2018

The Film That Buys the Cinema
MOVIE • 2014

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
MOVIE • 2023

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
MOVIE • 2018

The First Movie
MOVIE • 2009

The March on Rome
MOVIE • 2022

Here Be Dragons
MOVIE • 2013

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
MOVIE • 2021

The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
MOVIE • 2018

Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
MOVIE • 2016

The Story of Film: A New Generation
MOVIE • 2021

Who Is Bill Rebane?
MOVIE • 2021