Phil Cousineau

Phil Cousineau is a freelance writer, filmmaker, independent scholar, and writing consultant. Cousineau lectures around the world on a wide range of topics from mythology, film, and writing, to beauty, travel, sports, and creativity. He has published over forty books, including the international best-seller The Art of Pilgrimage (available in over a dozen languages), Once and Future Myths, The Blue Museum, The Lost Notebooks of Sisyphus, Who Stole the Arms of the Venus de Milo? His latest work is Moonlight Over the Parthenon: Poems In and Out of Greece, and his upcoming book is The Wisdom of the Odyssey, due out in summer of 2026.

Cousineau has also written more than thirty documentary films, including The Hero’s Journey: The Life and Work of Joseph Campbell, and Forever Activists: Stories from the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (nominated for an Academy Award), and The Peyote Road.

Since 1984, Cousineau led dozens of Art, Literature, and Mythology tours all over the world, and taught Writing Retreats in Greece, Ireland, Paris, and California. He was the host and cowriter of the much-acclaimed series “Global Spirit” on PBS and Link TV for over ten years and has been a commentator on “Myth in the Movies” for several movie studios, including Warner Brothers, Pixar, Lucas Films, and the Smithsonian and Discovery Channels.

Cousineau lives with his wife Jo, son Jack, and their dog Stella at the top of Telegraph Hill, in San Francisco.