Mark Cousins

Mark Cousins

Directing

Born May 3, 1965 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

49 films as director · Active 1988–2026

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). Cousin…

Known for

Moviedrome

Moviedrome

1988

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

2011

Scene by Scene

Scene by Scene

1997

Cannes Uncut

Cannes Uncut

2023

Joie de Vivre

I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited

I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited

1994

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

2023

Cinema Is Everywhere

Cinema Is Everywhere

2011

Directed(49)

The Story of Documentary Film: 1970s

2026The Story of Documentary Film: 1970s

2026The Story of Documentary Film: 1980s

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

2024A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things★ 7.5

Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles

2023Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles

The Complete Story of Film

2023The Complete Story of Film★ 8.0

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

2023My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock★ 6.7

The March on Rome

2022The March on Rome★ 6.5

The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart

2022The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart

The Story of Looking

2021The Story of Looking★ 5.6

The Story of Film: A New Generation

2021The Story of Film: A New Generation★ 7.4

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

2021The Storms of Jeremy Thomas★ 5.5

2021Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper

Alexander's Film

2020Alexander's Film

40 Days to Learn Film

202040 Days to Learn Film★ 5.0

2019You With Your Fresh Thoughts

2018Storm in My Heart

The Eyes of Orson Welles

2018The Eyes of Orson Welles★ 7.0

I Am Belfast

2016I Am Belfast★ 6.7

2016Eisenstein on Lawrence★ 6.0

2016Bigger Than The Shining

Stockholm, My Love

2016Stockholm, My Love★ 6.7

2015Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate★ 2.0

Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise

2015Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise★ 6.7

Life May Be

2014Life May Be★ 5.6

The Film That Buys the Cinema

2014The Film That Buys the Cinema

6 Desires

20146 Desires★ 7.5

2014But Then Again, Too Few to Mention

A Story of Children and Film

2013A Story of Children and Film★ 7.1

Here Be Dragons

2013Here Be Dragons★ 5.7

2012What Is This Film Called Love?★ 6.2

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero★ 4.2

The First Movie

2009The First Movie★ 7.3

2008First Impressions

The New Ten Commandments

2008The New Ten Commandments★ 8.7

On the Road with Kiarostami

2005On the Road with Kiarostami

2005Cinema Iran★ 5.5

1996I Remember IKWIG

1996Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way

I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited

1994I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited★ 6.5

Another Journey By Train

1993Another Journey By Train★ 8.0

1990Gulf War: Scottish Eye

Acting(30)

2024A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper ThingsSelf

2023The Complete Story of FilmNarrator

2023My Name Is Alfred HitchcockSelf (voice)

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2023Cannes UncutSelf

2022The March on RomeSelf - Narrator (voice)

2021The Story of Film: A New GenerationNarrator

2021The Storms of Jeremy ThomasSelf

2021The Flowers the Fish and the CockerelSelf

2021The Story of LookingSelf

2021Who Is Bill Rebane?Self

202040 Days to Learn FilmSelf - Narrator (voice)

201950 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through FilmHimself

2018The Eyes of Orson WellesSelf - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

2018Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian BorowczykSelf

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

2016Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to HollywoodSelf

2016Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown DiedSelf - Interviewee

2014The Film That Buys the Cinema

2014Life May BeSelf

2013Here Be DragonsSelf

2013A Story of Children and FilmHimself - Narrator (voice)

2011Cinema Is EverywhereSelf

2011The Story of Film: An OdysseyPresenter / Narrator

2009The First MovieSelf – Documentarist

2008The New Ten CommandmentsSelf

2005Cinema IranNarrator

1997Scene by SceneSelf - Presenter

1994I Know Where I'm Going! RevisitedSelf - Interviewer

Joie de VivreSelf