About

Known credits:
18
Birthday:
1927-12-29
Place of birth:
Hector's River, Portland, Jamaica
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Evan Jones

Overview

Evan Jones (1927–2023) 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, whom displayed his poetry as part of their 2024–5 exhibition Write Cut Rewrite.

Known for

Writing
1990 A Show of Force Writing Screenplay 58
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1986 Kangaroo Writing Screenplay 58
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1984 Champions Writing Screenplay 59
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1981 The Killing of Angel Street Writing Writer 59
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1981 Escape to Victory Writing Screenplay 65
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1978 The Man with the Power Writing Writer N/A
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1977 Rehearsal Writing Writer N/A
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1973 Night Watch Writing Screenplay 59
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1973 Ghost in the Noonday Sun Writing Writer 58
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1971 Wake in Fright Writing Screenplay 64
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1969 Two Gentlemen Sharing Writing Screenplay 58
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1966 Funeral in Berlin Writing Screenplay 59
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1966 Modesty Blaise Writing Screenplay 58
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1965 Old Man's Fancy Writing Writer N/A
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1964 King and Country Writing Screenplay 60
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1963 The Madhouse on Castle Street Writing Writer N/A
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1962 The Damned Writing Screenplay 59
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1962 Eva Writing Writer 59
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