Mark Jenkin
Mark Jenkin (born 1976) is a director, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and producer best known for Bait (2019), which earned him a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
Mark Jenkin
- Name
- Mark Jenkin
- Born
- 1976
- Birthplace
- Newlyn, Cornwall, England
- Occupation
- * director
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Mark Jenkin • Born — 1976 • Birthplace — Newlyn, Cornwall, England • Occupation — * director • film editor • screenwriter • cinematographer • producer • Years Active — 2002–present • Partner — Mary Woodvine
Career
Career
Jenkin is a descendant of Alfred Wallis, an artist and fisherman. 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 Edward Rowe and Jenkin's 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.
Other credits
Other credits
• 1999: Walking with Dinosaurs – Production assistant • 2004: The Wrecking Season – Editor • 2004: New Reed – Cinematographer/editor • 2007: The Lark – Editor
Life and career
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Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1970
Mark Jenkin born at Newlyn.
Feature films
Feature films
• Year — Title — Notes • 2002 — Golden Burn — Also editor • 2004 — The Rabbit • 2007 — The Midnight Drives • 2011 — Happy Christmas • 2019 — Bait — Also editor • 2022 — Enys Men • 2025 — Rose of Nevada
Short films
Short films
• 2003: The Man Who Needed a Traffic Light – also writer • 2009: Aurora's Kiss – also writer • 2012: Last Post • 2013: Cape Cornwall Calling / All the White Horses – also writer • 2015: Bronco's House – also writer • 2016: Enough to Fill Up an Egg Cup – also writer/director of photography • 2016: Dear Marianne – also writer • 2016: The Essential Cornishman – also writer • 2017: The Road to Zennor – also writer • 2017: Tomato – also writer • 2018: Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape – also writer • 2018 David Bowie Is Dead – also writer/editor • 2019: Hard, Cracked the Wind • 2020: 29 Hour Long Birthday – also writer
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- 1.'Enys Men': Director Mark Jenkin Talks 'Bait,' Robert Bresson & His Upcoming Time Travel Movie.
- 2.Rogers, Jude. 'I like films that take you into the woods – then leave you there' – the beguiling folk-horror of Mark Jenkin. The Guardian. 27 December 2022.
- 3.Ferguson, Emma. BAFTA for Cornish film Bait written by Mark Jenkin. Falmouth Packet. 3 February 2020.
- 4.Snapes, Laura. Rocking the boat: how Cornish class war inspired a masterpiece. The Guardian. 23 August 2019.
- 5.Celtic media festival winners 1980 - 2010.
- 6.Nighttime screening of The Midnight Drives. West Briton.
- 7.Trewhela, Lee. Stunning film shows there's more to Cornwall than Poldark. cornwalllive. 2019-08-20.
- 8.BAFTA winner Mark Jenkin among new bards of Cornwall 2020. Falmouth Packet. 10 August 2020.
- 9.Moore, Sam. Listen to Radiohead side project the Smile's new single 'The Smoke'. NME. 2022-01-27.
- 10.Minsker, Evan. The Smile share video for new song 'Skrting on the Surface'. Pitchfork. 2022-03-17.
- 11.Farley, Emma. Happy Christmas movie - a dysfunctional X-mas Eve in West Cornwall. D&CFilm. 2011-10-18.
- 12.Jenkin, Mark. Last Post (2009). 2012-03-21.
- 13.Jenkin, Mark. cape cornwall calling / all the white horses (2013). 2012-12-31.
- 14.Jenkin, Mark. Dear Marianne (clip). 2016-10-07.
- 15.Jenkin, Mark. The Road to Zennor (clip). 2017-05-23.
- 16.Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape.
- 17.Hard Cracked The Wind. www.leedsfilm.com.
- 18.29 Hour Long Birthday (Int. Shorts 4: Doc Shorts) International Shorts 4: Documentary Shorts + Q&A 65th Cork International Film Festival. watch.corkfilmfest.org.
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- Sight & Sound; May 2026; pp. 30-39 "Out of Time"
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