Mark Jenkin Explained

Mark Jenkin
Birth Place:Newlyn, Cornwall, England
Years Active:2002–present

Mark Jenkin (born 1976)[1] is a British film 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.[2]

Career

Jenkin is a descendant of Alfred Wallis, a Cornish artist and fisherman.[3]

Jenkin won the Frank Copplestone First Time Director Award at The Celtic Film & Television Festival in 2002 for his debut film Golden Burn.[4] 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".[5]

Jenkin wrote and directed the 2019 drama film Bait, starring Edward Rowe and Jenkin's partner Mary Woodvine.[6]

In 2020, Jenkin was recognised as a Cornish Bard for his work in promoting Cornwall’s heritage.[7] In 2022, he created two music videos for the band the Smile.[8] [9]

Filmography

Films

All shorts directed & edited by Jenkin

Shorts

All features directed & written by Jenkin

Features

Other work

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jude Rogers . Jude Rogers. 'I like films that take you into the woods – then leave you there' – the beguiling folk-horror of Mark Jenkin . . 31 December 2022 . 27 December 2022.
  2. Web site: BAFTA for Cornish film Bait written by Mark Jenkin. Falmouth Packet. Emma. Ferguson. 3 February 2020. 27 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Laura Snapes . Rocking the boat: how Cornish class war inspired a masterpiece . . 7 April 2024 . 23 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-03-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708192153/http://www.celticmediafestival.co.uk/documents/00000014_full.pdf . 8 July 2011 .
  5. Web site: Nighttime screening of The Midnight Drives. https://archive.today/20130505073815/http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/news/Nighttime-screening-Midnight-Drives/article-280167-detail/article.html. dead. 2013-05-05. West Briton.
  6. Web site: Stunning film shows there's more to Cornwall than Poldark . Trewhela . Lee . 2019-08-20 . cornwalllive . 2020-02-27.
  7. Web site: Emma Ferguson . BAFTA winner Mark Jenkin among new bards of Cornwall 2020 . . 15 January 2023 . 10 August 2020.
  8. Web site: Moore . Sam . 2022-01-27 . Listen to Radiohead side project the Smile's new single 'The Smoke' . 2022-01-27 . . en-GB.
  9. Web site: Minsker . Evan . 2022-03-17 . The Smile share video for new song 'Skrting on the Surface' . 2022-03-17 . . en-US.
  10. Web site: Hard Cracked The Wind . 2023-04-08 . www.leedsfilm.com . en.
  11. Web site: 29 Hour Long Birthday (Int. Shorts 4: Doc Shorts) International Shorts 4: Documentary Shorts + Q&A 65th Cork International Film Festival . 2023-04-08 . watch.corkfilmfest.org . en.
  12. Web site: Farley . Emma . 2011-10-18 . Happy Christmas movie - a dysfunctional X-mas Eve in West Cornwall . 2023-04-08 . D&CFilm . en-GB.

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