Mark Jenkin

Mark Jenkin

Birth : 1970-01-01,

History

Born in 1976. Since 1997, he has made more than 50 short films. In 2012, he wrote the "Silent Landscape Dancing Grain 13 Film Manifesto", which comprises 13 rules that he follows when making his own films.

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Mark Jenkin
Mark Jenkin

Movies

A Dog Called Discord
Director
Mark 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.
Enys Men
Writer
A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare.
Enys Men
Director
A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare.
29 Hour Long Birthday
Director
British filmmaker Mark Jenkin (whose latest feature Enys Men is part of this year’s Main Slate) mails this postcard from a melancholic holiday in New York and its environs, rendering the city in grainy monochrome Super 8 and a familiar urban soundtrack of jackhammers and traffic hum. In voiceover, the filmmaker relates his experiences of celeb-spotting and visiting movie locales, buying overpriced essentials, and counting MAGA bumper stickers on Long Island.
Porth Trethek
Cinematography
A film shot on Super 8 with an entirely Stylophone produced score.
Porth Trethek
Director
A film shot on Super 8 with an entirely Stylophone produced score.
DEN HEB TAVES
Director of Photography
An observation on the destructive nature of Late Capitalism on our collective culture
DEN HEB TAVES
Editor
An observation on the destructive nature of Late Capitalism on our collective culture
DEN HEB TAVES
Director
An observation on the destructive nature of Late Capitalism on our collective culture
Hard, Cracked the Wind
Editor
A poet is driven to complete a poem within an old writing case by the ghost of the last owner.
Hard, Cracked the Wind
Director
A poet is driven to complete a poem within an old writing case by the ghost of the last owner.
Bait
Screenplay
Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has repurposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood home now a getaway for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the picturesque harbour. As his struggle to restore the family to their traditional place creates increasing friction with tourists and locals alike, a tragedy at the heart of the family changes his world.
Bait
Editor
Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has repurposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood home now a getaway for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the picturesque harbour. As his struggle to restore the family to their traditional place creates increasing friction with tourists and locals alike, a tragedy at the heart of the family changes his world.
Bait
Director
Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has repurposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood home now a getaway for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the picturesque harbour. As his struggle to restore the family to their traditional place creates increasing friction with tourists and locals alike, a tragedy at the heart of the family changes his world.
Bait
Director of Photography
Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has repurposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood home now a getaway for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the picturesque harbour. As his struggle to restore the family to their traditional place creates increasing friction with tourists and locals alike, a tragedy at the heart of the family changes his world.
Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape
Director of Photography
A walk through England’s south coast evokes the artists who lived and worked there.
Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape
Editor
A walk through England’s south coast evokes the artists who lived and worked there.
Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape
Producer
A walk through England’s south coast evokes the artists who lived and worked there.
Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape
Writer
A walk through England’s south coast evokes the artists who lived and worked there.
Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape
Director
A walk through England’s south coast evokes the artists who lived and worked there.
David Bowie Is Dead
Narrator
Started in 1993, finished in 2018. "David Bowie Is Dead" is a road movie in and out of london.
David Bowie Is Dead
Director
Started in 1993, finished in 2018. "David Bowie Is Dead" is a road movie in and out of london.
The Road to Zennor
Director
The curious joy in the warm passing of time is most acute in the long shadows of the end of the line autumn coming stillness
Tomato
Director
Playful meditation upon landscape, colour and the process of collaborative filmmaking. As two artists battle the inclement Cornish weather they discuss Derek Jarman, the golden light and the magic of the craggy coastline.
The Essential Cornishman
Cinematography
Mark Jenkin's 2015 short film is a homage to the spontaneous prose of The Beats, from the mythical Cornish west.
The Essential Cornishman
Writer
Mark Jenkin's 2015 short film is a homage to the spontaneous prose of The Beats, from the mythical Cornish west.
The Essential Cornishman
Director
Mark Jenkin's 2015 short film is a homage to the spontaneous prose of The Beats, from the mythical Cornish west.
Enough to Fill Up an Eggcup
Director
A film poem, that is quiet and angry.
Dear Marianne
Narrator
A Cornishman's travels in Ireland, through Wexford, Waterford and Cork in search of the familiar.
Dear Marianne
Director
A Cornishman's travels in Ireland, through Wexford, Waterford and Cork in search of the familiar.
Bronco's House
Director of Photography
A young couple quest for a roof in this Cornwall-set drama with the atmosphere of a thriller, made with hand-developed B&W 16mm.
Bronco's House
Writer
A young couple quest for a roof in this Cornwall-set drama with the atmosphere of a thriller, made with hand-developed B&W 16mm.
Bronco's House
Director
A young couple quest for a roof in this Cornwall-set drama with the atmosphere of a thriller, made with hand-developed B&W 16mm.
London
Editor
"In 1993 I travelled to London from Cornwall with the intention of shooting a music video for 'London' by The Smiths. I had transcribed the lyrics and noted the timings and had then made a detailed shot-list. The whole thing would be edited in camera on a single roll of Super 8. Over the next few years I projected the film so many times that much of it became damaged. Here is what is left of that first roll, inter-cut with footage shot a few years ago in East London when I started shooting film again." - Mark Jenkin
London
Cinematography
"In 1993 I travelled to London from Cornwall with the intention of shooting a music video for 'London' by The Smiths. I had transcribed the lyrics and noted the timings and had then made a detailed shot-list. The whole thing would be edited in camera on a single roll of Super 8. Over the next few years I projected the film so many times that much of it became damaged. Here is what is left of that first roll, inter-cut with footage shot a few years ago in East London when I started shooting film again." - Mark Jenkin
London
Director
"In 1993 I travelled to London from Cornwall with the intention of shooting a music video for 'London' by The Smiths. I had transcribed the lyrics and noted the timings and had then made a detailed shot-list. The whole thing would be edited in camera on a single roll of Super 8. Over the next few years I projected the film so many times that much of it became damaged. Here is what is left of that first roll, inter-cut with footage shot a few years ago in East London when I started shooting film again." - Mark Jenkin
No.10
Director
Words by Callum Mitchell Soundscape by Rick Williams 16mm
Cape Cornwall Calling/All the White Horses
Writer
A vision of transatlantic commonality.
Cape Cornwall Calling/All the White Horses
Director
A vision of transatlantic commonality.
Happy Christmas
Screenplay
An interwoven seaside hymn to gift wrapped promises and unwanted presence.
Happy Christmas
Director
An interwoven seaside hymn to gift wrapped promises and unwanted presence.
Aurora's Kiss
Writer
A study of modern social dislocation, via an open and frank conversation between the conscious and the unconscious; a partly fabricated first person diary concerned with truth rather than fact, where the line between reality and fantasy is danced upon without apology.
Aurora's Kiss
Director
A study of modern social dislocation, via an open and frank conversation between the conscious and the unconscious; a partly fabricated first person diary concerned with truth rather than fact, where the line between reality and fantasy is danced upon without apology.
Wake to a Dream
Director
The early morning light of a new day in a fishing village in Cornwall symbolizes an awakening in oneself - a remembering of who one is and who one can be.
The Midnight Drives
Writer
A divorcee takes his children on a trip to Cornwall.
The Midnight Drives
Director
A divorcee takes his children on a trip to Cornwall.
Golden Burn
Director
Seven 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.