Evan Jones

Evan Jones (29 December 1927 – 18 April 2023) was an influential Jamaican playwright, poet and novelist. He is best known for his screenplay for Wake in Fright (1971), a Palme d'Or nominated, 2009 Cannes Classic championed by Martin Scorsese; it is one of only two films to ever be screened twice at the festival. Jones was the recipient of the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize for The Fight Against Slavery (1975), a limited series created and presented by him for the BBC. He is also the writer of Madhouse on Castle Street (1963), a television play which featured the acting début of Bob Dylan. Over the course of his career, Jones collaborated with a number of notable figures of twentieth century cinema, including Harold Pinter, John Huston, Michael Caine, Dirk Bogarde, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Sylvester Stallone and Max von Sydow. Jones' archive is held by the Bodleian Library at his alma mater, the University of Oxford, who displayed his poetry as part of their 2024–5 exhibition Write Cut Rewrite.

Crew

All Writing

Escape to Victory

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.9

964 votes

Release Date

Jun 17, 1981

45 years ago
Wake in Fright

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

7.3

323 votes

Release Date

Jul 21, 1971

55 years ago
Funeral in Berlin

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.4

152 votes

Release Date

Dec 22, 1966

60 years ago
The Damned

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.2

127 votes

Release Date

Nov 16, 1962

64 years ago
Modesty Blaise

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.2

70 votes

Release Date

May 01, 1966

60 years ago
King and Country

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

7.1

60 votes

Release Date

Sep 05, 1964

62 years ago
Eva

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.9

58 votes

Release Date

Oct 03, 1962

64 years ago
Night Watch

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.2

42 votes

Release Date

Nov 08, 1973

53 years ago
Shadow of the Wolf

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.6

27 votes

Release Date

Mar 05, 1992

34 years ago
Champions

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.6

15 votes

Release Date

Apr 20, 1984

42 years ago
A Show of Force

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

4.8

9 votes

Release Date

May 11, 1990

36 years ago
The Killing of Angel Street

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.4

7 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1981

45 years ago
Ghost in the Noonday Sun

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.1

7 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1973

54 years ago
Kangaroo

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jul 24, 1986

40 years ago
Two Gentlemen Sharing

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

4.0

1 votes

Release Date

Sep 17, 1969

57 years ago
The Madhouse on Castle Street

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 13, 1963

64 years ago
Old Man's Fancy

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1965

62 years ago
Rehearsal

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 19, 1977

49 years ago
The Man with the Power

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 03, 1976

50 years ago

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