Mark Jenkin
Known for: Directing
Born: March 28, 1976
Place of birth: Newlyn, United Kingdom
Mark Jenkin (born 28 March 1976; Newlyn) is a British (Cornish) director, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and producer. He wrote and directed the film Bait (2019), which earned him a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Jenkin won the Frank Copplestone First Time Director Award at The Celtic Film & Television Festival in 2002 for his debut film Golden Burn. He followed this success with documentaries, shorts and low-budget feature films including The Man Who Needed a Traffic Light, The Rabbit and The Lobsterman, a documentary on the life of Cornish playwright Nick Darke. His 2007 feature film The Midnight Drives was described by Derek Malcolm, film critic for The Evening Standard as "A moving film about parentage with an exceptional performance from Colin Holt at its centre". Jenkin wrote and directed the 2019 drama film Bait, starring his partner Mary Woodvine. In 2020, Jenkin was recognised as a Cornish Bard for his work in promoting Cornwall’s heritage. In 2022, he created two music videos for the band the Smile.
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Filmography
78 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
9.0
The Land Demands Blood: Hammer Horror and the Legacy of Cornish Gothic
2026
6.5
Rose of Nevada
2026
NR
I Saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash
20256.5
A Dog Called Discord
2023NR
The Shout: A Pilgrimage
2023
5.5
Enys Men
2023
6.0
29 Hour Long Birthday
2022
NR
Porth Trethek
2020
NR
A Tongueless Man
2020
7.0
Hard, Cracked the Wind
2019
6.6
Bait
2019
6.0
Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape
2018
6.5
David Bowie Is Dead
2018
5.3
The Road to Zennor
2017
NR
Tomato
2017NR
The Field in Paul Where The Sun Goes to Bed Each Night
2016NR
Saint-Pol-de-Léon June
2016NR
Dougie & Jimmy
2016
5.3
The Essential Cornishman
2016NR
A Forest
2016NR
The Lady with the Long Brown Hair
2016
6.5
Enough to Fill Up an Eggcup
2016
6.5
Dear Marianne
2016NR
What You See is What You Get
2015
NR
The Fisherman’s Prayer
2015NR
Sandy Cove
2015NR
Newlyn Light
2015
6.3
Bronco's House
2015
3.0
London
2015
NR
No.10
2015NR
Skilly
2014NR
Never Be Me
2014
NR
Time, Temperature, Agitation
2014NR
An Air That Kills
2014NR
St Buryan to Lamorna/Orange
2013NR
Morgawr
2013NR
Paris 14
2013NR
If This Is No-one's Then It's Ours
2013NR
Plunge
2013
5.4
Summer in February
2013
9.0
Cape Cornwall Calling/All the White Horses
2013NR
The Darkest Place I Know
2012NR
The Tournament
2012NR
The St. Columb Club
2012NR
Cornish Wrestling
2012NR
Jubilee Pool
2012
NR
Happy Christmas
2011
NR
Weekend Retreat
2011NR
Nettlecatfish
2011NR
You See Me in Whatever Light that You Choose
2011NR
The Source
2011NR
Mouette
2010NR
The Lost Footage of the Fabulous ‘Shorty’ Backways Brothers
2010NR
Untitled
2010NR
Riviera
2010NR
Last Post
2009NR
The Fireman
2009NR
John & Me
2009NR
Long Rock
20096.0
Aurora's Kiss
2009NR
Wake to a Dream
20095.0
Another Horizon
2008NR
The Lark
2007NR
The Art of Catching Lobsters
2007
NR
The Midnight Drives
2007NR
The Mixed Emotions of a Middle Distance Runner
2006NR
The 12 Inch Pianist
2006NR
Plug
2005NR
Thoughts from Inside a Headache
2005NR
Talking Coasts
2005NR
New Reed
2004NR
The Rabbit
2004
10.0
The Wrecking Season
2004NR
Birt Dynely
2003NR
City
2003
8.0
The Man Who Needed A Traffic Light
2003
NR
Golden Burn
2001NR
The Lobsterman
2001
8.2
Walking with Dinosaurs
1999
5.4
Countryfile
1988