Mark Jenkin is a British

British people

The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...

 filmmaker, editor and writer based in Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

 .

Career

Mark Jenkin first came to notice when he won the Frank Copplestone First Time Director Award at The Celtic Film & Television Festival

Celtic Media Festival

The Celtic Media Festival, previously known as the Celtic Film and Television Festival, aims to promote the languages and cultures of the Celtic nations on screen and in broadcasting. The festival is an annual three-day celebration of broadcasting and film from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall...

 in 2002 for his debut film Golden Burn. He followed this success with numerous award-winning 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

Nick Darke

Nick Darke born Nicholas Temperley Watson Darke was best known as playwright but was also a writer, poet, lobster fisherman, environmentalist, beachcomber, politician, broadcaster, film-maker and chairman of St Eval Parish Council.-Life and writings:Nick Darke was born at St Eval, near Padstow in...

, all made under his production company, O-Region based in Truro, Cornwall. His most ambitious feature film The Midnight Drives

The Midnight Drives

The Midnight Drives is a 2007 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Mark Jenkin and revolves around a divorcee who takes his bored children on a series of mystical, dream-like excursions through the Cornish country-side after initially failing to connect with them.-Cast:* Colin Holt as...

 was described by Derek Malcolm

Derek Malcolm

Derek Malcolm is a British film critic and historian.Malcolm was educated at Eton College and Oxford University. He worked for several decades as a film critic for The Guardian, having previously been an amateur jockey and the paper's first horse racing correspondent. In 1977, he was a member of...

, film critic for The Evening Standard as "A moving film about parentage with an exceptional performance from Colin Holt at its centre".

Filmography

• 2010 Mouette: A film by Kristian Butler - Producer
• 2009 Aurora's Kiss (short) - Director/Editor/Writer
• 2008 Another Horizon (short) - Director/Writer/Editor
• 2008 The Midnight Drives
  The Midnight Drives
  The Midnight Drives is a 2007 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Mark Jenkin and revolves around a divorcee who takes his bored children on a series of mystical, dream-like excursions through the Cornish country-side after initially failing to connect with them.-Cast:* Colin Holt as...
  
   - Director/Writer/Editor
• 2008 The Lark
  The Lark (film)
  The Lark is a 2008 psychological thriller film directed by Steve Tanner and written by Paul Farmer. The film starred British TV actress Mary Woodvine, and was filmed in 18 days in Cornwall, England on a budget of £12,000...
  
   - Editor
• 2004 New Reed - Cinematographer/Editor
• 2004 The Rabbit - Director/Writer/Editor
• 2004 The Wrecking Season - Editor
• 2003 The Man Who Needed a Traffic Light - Director/Writer/Editor
• 2002 Golden Burn - Director/Writer Editor
• 1999 Walking with Dinosaurs
  Walking with Dinosaurs
  Walking with Dinosaurs is a six-part documentary television miniseries that was produced by BBC, narrated by Kenneth Branagh, and first aired in the United Kingdom, in 1999. The series was subsequently aired in North America on the Discovery Channel in 2000, with Branagh's voice replaced with that...
  
  - Production Assistant

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