Evan Jones
Writing · Screenplay · Writer · Creator
Born Dec 29, 1927 · Hector's River, Portland, Jamaica
Active 1962–2023
Evan Jones (29 December 1927 – 18 April 2023) was a Jamaican screenwriter, 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…
Filmography
Escape to Victory (1981) — ScreenplayWake in Fright (1971) — ScreenplayFuneral in Berlin (1966) — ScreenplayThe Damned (1962) — ScreenplayKing and Country (1964) — ScreenplayEva (1962) — WriterNight Watch (1973) — ScreenplayThe Madhouse on Castle Street (1963) — WriterModesty Blaise (1966) — ScreenplayThe Fight Against Slavery (1975) — CreatorChampions (1984) — ScreenplayShadow of the Wolf (1992) — ScreenplayRehearsal (1977) — WriterThe Killing of Angel Street (1981) — WriterKangaroo (1986) — ScreenplayChillers (1990) — WriterThe Man with the Power (1976) — WriterPlayhouse (1974) — WriterCentre Play (1973) — WriterA Show of Force (1990) — ScreenplayGhost in the Noonday Sun (1973) — WriterTwo Gentlemen Sharing (1969) — ScreenplayThirty-Minute Theatre (1965) — WriterOld Man's Fancy (1965) — Writer