Cornish filmmaker
This article is about the British filmmaker. For people with similar names, see
Mark Jenkins .
Mark Jenkin
Born 1976 (age 47–48) Occupations Years active 2002–present Website markjenkin .co .uk
Mark Jenkin (born 1976)[1] is a Cornish [2] 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 .[3]
Career
Jenkin is a descendant of Alfred Wallis , a Cornish artist and fisherman.[4]
Jenkin won the Frank Copplestone First Time Director Award at The Celtic Film & Television Festival in 2002 for his debut film Golden Burn .[5] 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".[6]
Jenkin wrote and directed the 2019 drama film Bait , starring Edward Rowe and Jenkin's partner Mary Woodvine .[7]
In 2020, Jenkin was recognised as a Cornish Bard for his work in promoting Cornwall’s heritage.[8] In 2022, he created two music videos for the band the Smile .[9] [10]
Filmography
Films
All shorts directed & edited by Jenkin
Shorts
All features directed & written by Jenkin
Features
Other work
References
^ Jude Rogers (27 December 2022). " 'I like films that take you into the woods – then leave you there' – the beguiling folk-horror of Mark Jenkin" . The Guardian . Retrieved 31 December 2022 .
^ "Film-maker Mark Jenkin: 'We're Cornish. We can just have our own culture' " . The Irish Times . Retrieved 19 January 2023 .
^ Ferguson, Emma (3 February 2020). "BAFTA for Cornish film Bait written by Mark Jenkin" . Falmouth Packet . Retrieved 27 February 2020 .
^ Laura Snapes (23 August 2019). "Rocking the boat: how Cornish class war inspired a masterpiece" . The Guardian . Retrieved 7 April 2024 .
^ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2013 .{{cite web }}
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^ "Nighttime screening of The Midnight Drives" . West Briton . Archived from the original on 5 May 2013.
^ Trewhela, Lee (20 August 2019). "Stunning film shows there's more to Cornwall than Poldark" . cornwalllive . Retrieved 27 February 2020 .
^ Emma Ferguson (10 August 2020). "BAFTA winner Mark Jenkin among new bards of Cornwall 2020" . Falmouth Packet . Retrieved 15 January 2023 .
^ Moore, Sam (27 January 2022). "Listen to Radiohead side project the Smile's new single 'The Smoke' " . NME . Retrieved 27 January 2022 .
^ Minsker, Evan (17 March 2022). "The Smile share video for new song 'Skrting on the Surface' " . Pitchfork . Retrieved 17 March 2022 .
^ Jenkin, Mark (21 March 2012), Last Post (2009) , retrieved 8 April 2023
^ Jenkin, Mark (31 December 2012), cape cornwall calling / all the white horses (2013) , retrieved 8 April 2023
^ Jenkin, Mark (7 October 2016), Dear Marianne (clip) , retrieved 8 April 2023
^ Jenkin, Mark (23 May 2017), The Road to Zennor (clip) , retrieved 8 April 2023
^ Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape , retrieved 8 April 2023
^ "Hard Cracked The Wind" . www.leedsfilm.com . Retrieved 8 April 2023 .
^ "29 Hour Long Birthday (Int. Shorts 4: Doc Shorts) | International Shorts 4: Documentary Shorts + Q&A | 65th Cork International Film Festival" . watch.corkfilmfest.org . Retrieved 8 April 2023 .
^ Farley, Emma (18 October 2011). "Happy Christmas movie - a dysfunctional X-mas Eve in West Cornwall" . D&CFilm . Retrieved 8 April 2023 .
External links
1998–2008 Carl Foreman Award 2008–present
International National Artists