An Interview with Mark Jenkin - Cornish Filmmaker
Name:
Mark Jenkin
Age:
28
Location:
North Cornwall, Wadebridge area.
Profession:
Filmmaker
What did you want to be at school?
A footballer
How did you start out?
Making pretentious short films on a VHS camera. At 15 I was under the impression that I was an Avent Garde genius
What professional training or education did you receive?
Photography A-level which led to a Media Production degree atBournemouth University.
What or who were your main inspirations?
Any DIY filmmakers who get on and do it rather than talking about it in crap bars, drinking beer from bottles and doing cocaine.
What achievement are you most proud of?
Completing two feature films on next to no money and then getting an audience for them.
What was your most embarrassing moment?
Dunno
What are your main ambitions for the future?
To be financially viable within Cornwall. Be able to buy a house (bit unrealistic that one)
One piece of advice for young people?
Make films about what you know.
Professional credits.
Feature Films: Golden Burn (2001), The Rabbit (2004)
Documentary: New Reed (2004)
Shorts: The Lobsterman (2001), (The Man Who Needed a Traffic Light (2003), watch movie)
Stairs (2004), City (2003), Section 57 (2003)
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