Mark Jenkin

Known for

Directing

Born

March 28, 1976 (age 50)

Birthplace

Newlyn, United Kingdom

Biography

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, f...

Best known work

Walking with Dinosaurs

1999

Summer in February

2013

Bait

2019

Enys Men

2023

Rose of Nevada

2026

Countryfile

1988

Bronco's House

2015

The Essential Cornishman

2016

The Road to Zennor

2017

Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape

2018

Filmography

2026
The Jenkin Way
as Self
2026
The Land Demands Blood
as Himself
2026
Rose of Nevada
Director, Editor, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Idea, Sound Designer, Writer
2025
I Saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash
as Self - Narrator, Director, Writer, Music
2023
A Dog Called Discord
Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director
2023
The Shout: A Pilgrimage
Director
2023
Enys Men
Idea, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound, Original Music Composer, Director, Writer
2022
29 Hour Long Birthday
Director
2020
Porth Trethek
Director of Photography, Director
2020
A Tongueless Man
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
2019
Hard, Cracked the Wind
Director, Editor
2019
Bait
Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Screenplay
2018
Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
2018
David Bowie Is Dead
as Narrator, Director, Writer
2017
The Road to Zennor
Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Editor, Producer, Director
2017
Tomato
Director
2016
The Field in Paul Where The Sun Goes to Bed Each Night
Director
2016
Saint-Pol-de-Léon June
Director
2016
Dougie & Jimmy
Director
2016
The Essential Cornishman
Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Director, Writer
2016
A Forest
Director
2016
The Lady with the Long Brown Hair
Director
2016
Enough to Fill Up an Eggcup
Director
2016
Dear Marianne
as Narrator, Director
2015
What You See is What You Get
Director