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Portrait of Mark Cousins

Directing

Mark Cousins

Career

Active from 1988 to 2024, busiest in 2014 with 5 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Story of Children and Film
A Story of Children and Film
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mark Cousins Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.2, average 4.8
  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Tension
    3.5, average 6.0
  • Violence
    1.8, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Art Documentary 2
  • Biographical Portrait 2
  • Educational 2
  • Visual Essay 2
  • Homage to Cinema 2
  • Comprehensive Film History 2
  • Film History 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

49
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

13 titles · average score 71
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things (2024)

Screenplay, Director of Photography

The Hearth
The Hearth (2024)

Director

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2023)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Writer

The Complete Story of Film
The Complete Story of Film (2023)

as Narrator

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

Director

The March on Rome
The March on Rome (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Screenstory

The Story of Film: A New Generation
The Story of Film: A New Generation (2021)
GoodWatch score 66

as Narrator

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas (2021)

Writer, Director of Photography

The Story of Looking
The Story of Looking (2021)

Director, Screenplay

Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper
Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper (2021)

Director

40 Days to Learn Film
40 Days to Learn Film (2020)

Director, Writer

Alexander's Film
Alexander's Film (2020)

Director

2010s

21 titles · average score 70
The Eyes of Orson Welles
The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
GoodWatch score 77

Director, Director of Photography

Stockholm, My Love
Stockholm, My Love (2016)
GoodWatch score 54

Screenplay, Director

I Am Belfast
I Am Belfast (2016)
GoodWatch score 80

Director, Writer

Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise (2015)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

6 Desires
6 Desires (2014)

Cinematography, Writer

The Film That Buys the Cinema
The Film That Buys the Cinema (2014)

Director

Life May Be
Life May Be (2014)

Director, Writer

A Story of Children and Film
A Story of Children and Film (2013)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Writer

Here Be Dragons
Here Be Dragons (2013)

Director, Writer

What Is This Film Called Love?
What Is This Film Called Love? (2012)

Director, Writer

The Story of Film: An Odyssey
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Presenter / Narrator

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
GoodWatch score 46

Director

2000s

7 titles · average score 70
The First Movie
The First Movie (2009)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Director of Photography

The New Ten Commandments
The New Ten Commandments (2008)

Director

First Impressions
First Impressions (2008)

Director, Writer

Cinema Iran
Cinema Iran (2005)

as Narrator

Faith
Faith (2005)

Executive Producer

On the Road with Kiarostami
On the Road with Kiarostami (2005)

Director

The Atomists
The Atomists (2004)

Executive Producer

1990s

7 titles
Pulp Fact
Pulp Fact (1997)

Director

I Remember IKWIG
I Remember IKWIG (1996)

Director

Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way
Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way (1996)

Director

I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited (1994)

Director

Another Journey By Train
Another Journey By Train (1993)

Director, Producer

Gulf War: Scottish Eye
Gulf War: Scottish Eye (1990)

Director

Dear Mr Gorbachev
Dear Mr Gorbachev (1990)

Assistant Director

1980s

1 title
Moviedrome
Moviedrome (1988)

TV show · Writer, Creator