Mark Jenkin
Director · b. 1976 · 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.
Movies7
Movie9.0DocumentaryWater, woods, rock, and drifted stream. Storms overhead, fields of salt water, wicked moor. Lightning strokes and standing stones, ground hard as iron and oak, granite swallowing tin and slate. This documentary special feature examines Hammer Films use of Cornwall as a setting and location for its films, exploring the "new weird Britain" of contemporary Cornish folk horror with filmmakers, playwrights, and historians, and drawing on creative work from the region.
The Land Demands Blood
2026 · 1 votes
MovieDramaSeven hours and a million miles away from his old life in Kent, Chris Thornton finds himself plunged into the restless local community. Hitching up with two brothers and the son of a local druid, Chris is taken on a trail of discovery and incident, culminating in an event that will irrevocably alter the lives of all four friends.
Golden Burn
2001
Movie6.5DocumentaryA Cornishman's travels in Ireland, through Wexford, Waterford and Cork in search of the familiar.
Dear Marianne
2016 · 2 votes
- MovieHorror
A disturbed woman takes refuge in a decaying abandoned building with her children. When a mysterious man and woman enter her gloomy territory she realises her children's lives are in danger and will stop and nothing to protect them. But is everything what it seems?
The Lark
2007
MovieDocumentaryA digital poem made by strangers who travel the surface of the world to new continents.
New Reed
2004
Movie6.5DocumentaryMark Jenkin explores his fascination with the magic of film and its life-giving properties in this brand new short film, commissioned by the BFI to mark the Film on Film Festival.
A Dog Called Discord
2023 · 2 votes
Movie6.5DocumentaryStarted in 1993, finished in 2018. "David Bowie Is Dead" is a road movie in and out of london.
David Bowie Is Dead
2018 · 2 votes
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TV5.4DocumentaryThe people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.
Countryfile
1988 · 7 votes