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name: "Mark Jenkin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-jenkin"
fi1m_id: "mark-jenkin"
imdb_id: "nm1985490"
tmdb_id: 1540861
wikidata_id: "Q6768242"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "28 March 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-16T04:04:13.623564+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mark Jenkin

## Identity

Mark Jenkin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-jenkin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-jenkin
- **IMDb ID:** nm1985490
- **TMDB ID:** 1540861
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6768242
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jenkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6768242, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1985490/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1540861

Director and writer. Born 28 March 1976 in Newlyn, United Kingdom.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 28 March 1976, Newlyn, United Kingdom
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** Марк Дженкин
- **Frequently works with:** [Edward Rowe](https://film.one/person/edward-rowe.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 79 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jenkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6768242, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1985490/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1540861

## Fi1m on Mark Jenkin

> Mark Jenkin films Cornwall through scratched images, jolting cuts and voices that sound slightly out of place. We value his attention to working lives, though he sometimes lets a mystery drift.

Hands, rope, a winch, then the catch coming over the side: Mark Jenkin stays with the fishing in *Rose of Nevada* (2026) long enough for us to notice the effort. We felt the cold and the boat’s tilt because he keeps us close to the work instead of hurrying through it. He shoots, edits and scores the film himself, and the grainy 16mm image jitters while voices sit slightly apart from the mouths speaking them. Felicity Hickson’s production design keeps the boat cramped and working, and that practical setting helps the strangeness take hold. This is his most watchable film, although its middle drifts once the mystery has been established.

*Bait* (2019), his breakthrough, remains our stronger recommendation. Edward Rowe’s grounded performance gives us someone to stay with as residents and incomers quarrel over a Cornish fishing village. Jenkin’s hand-processed black-and-white images deny the coast the polished finish of a property photograph, and the added dialogue makes ordinary exchanges uncomfortable. His cutting pushes that discomfort further, sometimes interrupting our attention to a person before we are ready to leave them. The humour matters: awkwardness and wounded pride keep the disputes recognisably human.

With *Enys Men* (2022), he moved towards repetition, memory and the uncanny on a remote Cornish island. A woman, a flower and a standing stone supply less to follow than the disputes in *Bait*. *Rose of Nevada* brings a clearer story back into view, putting George MacKay’s Nick Dyer and Callum Turner’s Liam aboard a fishing boat that has returned after years missing. Its first hour earns our attention by letting the men get on with the fishing.

Jenkin’s control of so many jobs is useful, but it can also leave us too aware of his decisions. In *Bait*, the music works with the troubled images, yet it is the displacement of the speech that stays with us. We want him to hold on faces as patiently as he holds on fishing gear, and give the people more time when a mystery begins to drift. Start with *Bait*; allow *Rose of Nevada* a little more patience in the middle.

## Biography

Mark Jenkin is a British filmmaker based in West Cornwall. Born on 28 March 1976 in Newlyn, he typically writes, directs, photographs, edits and composes the music for his features, which are shot on 16mm film using a clockwork Bolex camera without sync sound.

His feature debut *Bait* (2019) won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He followed it with *Enys Men* (2022) and *Rose of Nevada* (2025), on which he also served as editor, cinematographer, writer and composer. His partner, actor Mary Woodvine, has appeared in several of his films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bfi.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Rose of Nevada* (2026), Fi1m 79, Music, Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Sound Designer, Editor, Cinematography, Idea — [page](https://film.one/film/rose-of-nevada.md)
- *Bait* (2019), Fi1m 84, Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Cinematography, Screenplay, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/bait.md)

## Complete filmography (77)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rose of Nevada* (2026), Director, Editor, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Idea, Sound Designer, Writer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/rose-of-nevada.md)
- *I Saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash* (2025), Director, Writer, Music
- *A Dog Called Discord* (2023), Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director
- *The Shout: A Pilgrimage* (2023), Director
- *Enys Men* (2023), Idea, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Sound, Editor, Director, Writer
- *29 Hour Long Birthday* (2022), Director
- *Porth Trethek* (2020), Director of Photography, Director
- *A Tongueless Man* (2020), Editor, Director, Director of Photography
- *Hard, Cracked the Wind* (2019), Director, Editor
- *Bait* (2019), Original Music Composer, Director, Editor, Screenplay, Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/bait.md)
- *Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape* (2018), Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
- *David Bowie Is Dead* (2018), Narrator, Director, Writer
- *The Road to Zennor* (2017), Sound Editor, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Director
- *Tomato* (2017), Director
- *The Field in Paul Where The Sun Goes to Bed Each Night* (2016), Director
- *Saint-Pol-de-Léon June* (2016), Director
- *Dougie & Jimmy* (2016), Director
- *The Essential Cornishman* (2016), Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director
- *A Forest* (2016), Director
- *The Lady with the Long Brown Hair* (2016), Director
- *Enough to Fill Up an Eggcup* (2016), Director
- *Dear Marianne* (2016), Narrator, Director
- *What You See is What You Get* (2015), Director
- *The Fisherman’s Prayer* (2015), Director
- *Sandy Cove* (2015), Director
- *Newlyn Light* (2015), Director
- *Bronco's House* (2015), Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- *London* (2015), Director of Photography, Editor, Director
- *No.10* (2015), Director
- *Never Be Me* (2014), Director
- *Skilly* (2014), Director
- *An Air That Kills* (2014), Director
- *St Buryan to Lamorna/Orange* (2013), Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer
- *If This Is No-one's Then It's Ours* (2013), Director
- *Plunge* (2013), Director
- *Paris 14* (2013), Director
- *Morgawr* (2013), Director
- *Summer in February* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Cape Cornwall Calling/All the White Horses* (2013), Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Director, Writer
- *The Darkest Place I Know* (2012), Director
- *The Tournament* (2012), Director
- *The St. Columb Club* (2012), Director
- *Jubilee Pool* (2012), Director
- *Cornish Wrestling* (2012), Director
- *Happy Christmas* (2011), Director, Screenplay
- *Weekend Retreat* (2011), Editor
- *Nettlecatfish* (2011), Editor
- *The Source* (2011), Director
- *You See Me in Whatever Light that You Choose* (2011), Director
- *Mouette* (2010), Producer
- *The Lost Footage of the Fabulous ‘Shorty’ Backways Brothers* (2010), Director
- *Riviera* (2010), Director
- *Untitled* (2010), Director
- *The Fireman* (2009), Director
- *John & Me* (2009), Director
- *Last Post* (2009), Editor, Director, Writer
- *Long Rock* (2009), Director
- *Aurora's Kiss* (2009), Producer, Director, Writer
- *Wake to a Dream* (2009), Director
- *Another Horizon* (2008), Writer, Director
- *The Lark* (2007), as Editor · Camera Operator
- *The Art of Catching Lobsters* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The Midnight Drives* (2007), Editor, Director, Writer
- *The 12 Inch Pianist* (2006), Editor, Director of Photography
- *The Mixed Emotions of a Middle Distance Runner* (2006), Director
- *Plug* (2005), Director
- *Thoughts from Inside a Headache* (2005), Director, Writer
- *Talking Coasts* (2005), Director
- *The Rabbit* (2004), Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Screenplay
- *New Reed* (2004), Sound Editor, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
- *The Wrecking Season* (2004), Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
- *Birt Dynely* (2003), Director of Photography
- *City* (2003), Director
- *The Man Who Needed A Traffic Light* (2003), Director, Editor, Writer
- *Golden Burn* (2001), as Lukey · Screenplay, Editor, Producer, Camera Operator, Director
- *The Lobsterman* (2001), Director
- *Walking with Dinosaurs* (1999), series, Production Assistant

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