
Mark Cousins
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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.
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I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited (1994)
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The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
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The March on Rome (2022)
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The New Ten Commandments (2008)
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60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
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Cinema Iran (2005)
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My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2023)
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The Complete Story of Film (2023)
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6 Desires (2014)
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Stockholm, My Love (2016)
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The Story of Film: A New Generation (2021)
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A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things (2024)
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Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise (2015)
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Pulp Fact (1997)
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The Storms of Jeremy Thomas (2021)
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Storm in My Heart (2018)
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The Film That Buys the Cinema (2014)
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Here Be Dragons (2013)
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Bigger Than The Shining (2016)
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The Story of Documentary Film: 1970s (2026)
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Gulf War: Scottish Eye (1990)
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On the Road with Kiarostami (2005)
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I Am Belfast (2016)
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The Story of Documentary Film: 1980s (2026)
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A Story of Children and Film (2013)
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Eisenstein on Lawrence (2016)
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You With Your Fresh Thoughts (2019)
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Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles (2023)
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40 Days to Learn Film (2020)
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Another Journey By Train (1993)
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The Hearth (2024)
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The Story of Looking (2021)
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But Then Again, Too Few to Mention (2014)
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Life May Be (2014)
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I Remember IKWIG (1996)
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Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way (1996)
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Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate (2015)
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Alexander's Film (2020)
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The Place (2014)
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The First Movie (2009)
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First Impressions (2008)
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What Is This Film Called Love? (2012)
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Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper (2021)
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