
About
Kevin Jerome Everson
Overview
Kevin Jerome Everson is an artist and maker of numerous short films and features about the lives and myths of the working-class black Americans. In 2006, Everson was voted one of the 25 most important new faces in independent cinema by Filmmaker Magazine. In 2012, he received the prestigious Alpert Award for Film and Video. Everson's work is shot in an experimental way, often on 16mm film. Everson mixes a documentary approach that often evokes the appearance of fiction. Documentary or fiction, the label is not very important, but the uncertainty indicates that his special work does not fit easily into any particular category.
Known for
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2025 | Dooni | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2025 | Necessary Trip | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2025 | Chelsea Drive | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2024 | When the Sun is Eaten (Chi'bal K'iin) | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2024 | Hazel | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2024 | Lake Idlewild | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2024 | Practice, Practice, Practice | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2024 | Marbled Golden Eyes | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2024 | Banging on Their Bars in Rhythm | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2024 | Double Feature at the Sunset Drive-In | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2023 | Richland Descending | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2023 | Air Force Two | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2023 | Boyd v. Denton | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2023 | West Lounge | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2023 | Hough 66 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2023 | First Team Offense | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2023 | If You Don’t Watch the Way You Move | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Accidental Athlete | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Gospel Hill | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Frankenstein Conquers the World Two | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2022 | Thirty-Seven Degrees | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Northern Mockingbird | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Shiesty | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Patent 1,571,148 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2022 | Weidle's | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Fire Emergencies | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2021 | May June July | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2021 | Lago Gatún | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2021 | Black Vulture | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2021 | June July | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2021 | July | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2021 | Pride | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2021 | Rekord C | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2021 | East Tech (One, Smart) | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2021 | East Technical High School (Rekord) | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2021 | The I and S of Lives | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2021 | Opel | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Brown Thrasher | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Glenville | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2020 | Smart | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Westinghouse One | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | mockingbird | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Union | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | kadett C two | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Sanfield | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Inventory | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Partial Differential Equation | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Recovery | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Picnic Free | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2019 | Condor | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2019 | Hampton | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2019 | Cardinal | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2019 | 8903 Empire | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2019 | Sister | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2019 | Traveling Shoes | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2019 | Black Bus Stop | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2019 | The Barrel | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2018 | music from the edge of the allegheny plateau | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2018 | Goddess | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2018 | Polly Two | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2018 | Richland Black & White | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2018 | Richland Blue | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2017 | IFO | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2017 | How Can I Ever Be Late | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2017 | A Good Fight | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2017 | Polly One | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2017 | Round Seven | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2017 | Rhino | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2017 | Brown and Clear | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2017 | Carrs Down South | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2017 | Rams 23 Blue Bears 21 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2017 | Fastest Man in the State | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2017 | Tonsler Park | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2017 | Improvement Association | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2017 | Rough and Unequal: Oceanis Procellarum | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2017 | R-15 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2017 | 70kg | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2016 | Eason | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2016 | Ears, Nose and Throat | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2016 | We Demand | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2016 | Auditioning for Nathaniel | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2016 | Lost Nothing | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2015 | Grand Finale | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2015 | Park Lanes | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2015 | Three Quarters | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2015 | Saturday Night in Mansfield Ohio | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2015 | Smooth Surface | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2015 | Production Material Handler | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2015 | Regal unlimited | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2014 | The EZ-Touch Model No. 01191940 (a.k.a. Trace of the future according to Kevin Jerome Everson) | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2014 | Fe26 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2014 | Sound That | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2014 | Sugarcoated Arsenic | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2014 | Mansfield Product Company | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2014 | Vanilla Cake with Strawberry Filling | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2014 | Ninety, Ninety-Five | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2014 | Tygers | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2013 | U of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 1976 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2013 | Stoplight Liberty | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2013 | Charlie's Proof | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2013 | The Island of Saint Matthews | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2013 | Stone | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2013 | Workers Leaving the Job Site | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2013 | The Release | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2012 | Rhinoceros | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2012 | Ten Five in the Grass | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2012 | The Mayberry Practice Calf | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2012 | Second Place | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2012 | The Wooden Calf | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2012 | Century | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2011 | Early Riser | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2011 | Chicken | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2011 | Rita Larson's Boy | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2011 | Fifteen an Hour | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2011 | Chevelle | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2011 | Quality Control | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2011 | Half On, Half Off | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | House in the North Country | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Erie | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2010 | BZV | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | American Motor Company | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Act One: Betty and the Candle | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Company Line | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Ring | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2009 | Second and Lee | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Lead | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | The Camps | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | The Citizens | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Old Cat | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | Home | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | The Golden Age of Fish | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | Ninety-Three | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | Undefeated | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2007 | According To... | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2007 | Something Else | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2007 | The Reverend E. Randall T. Osborn, First Cousin | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2007 | Emergency Needs | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2006 | München, Raphaela | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2006 | Cinnamon | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2005 | Spicebush | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2005 | Blind Huber | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2004 | Pictures from Dorothy | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2003 | From Pompeii to Xenia | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2003 | Aquarius | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2002 | Sportello Quattro | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2002 | 72 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2002 | Vanessa | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2002 | Fumble | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2001 | A Week in the Hole | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1999 | Second Shift | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1999 | Imported | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1999 | Merger | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1998 | Six Positions | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1997 | Eleven Eighty Two | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Lowndes County | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
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The Principles | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
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The Foothills of the Allegheny Plateau | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
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140 Over 90 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
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Telethon | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
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Playing Dead | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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2025 | Necessary Trip | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2022 | Gospel Hill | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2016 | We Demand | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2013 | The Island of Saint Matthews | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2012 | Rhinoceros | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2012 | Century | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2011 | Chicken | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2011 | Early Riser | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2011 | Quality Control | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2008 | The Golden Age of Fish | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2006 | Cinnamon | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2005 | Spicebush | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
Lowndes County | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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2024 | Double Feature at the Sunset Drive-In | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2023 | Richland Descending | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2023 | Air Force Two | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2023 | Boyd v. Denton | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2023 | If You Don’t Watch the Way You Move | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2020 | Recovery | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2019 | Condor | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2019 | Black Bus Stop | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2017 | Brown and Clear | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2017 | Tonsler Park | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2015 | Park Lanes | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2015 | Three Quarters | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2011 | Chicken | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2011 | Rita Larson's Boy | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2011 | Early Riser | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2011 | Quality Control | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2010 | Erie | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
2006 | Cinnamon | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2005 | Spicebush | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
Lowndes County | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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Sound |
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2012 | Rhinoceros | Sound | Sound | N/A N/A |
Camera |
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2019 | Condor | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2017 | Brown and Clear | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2017 | Carrs Down South | Camera | Camera Operator | N/A N/A |
2017 | Tonsler Park | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2016 | Ears, Nose and Throat | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2015 | Park Lanes | Camera | Camera Operator | 59 Average |
2015 | Park Lanes | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2015 | Three Quarters | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2013 | The Island of Saint Matthews | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2012 | Rhinoceros | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2012 | Ten Five in the Grass | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2011 | Rita Larson's Boy | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2011 | Chevelle | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2011 | Quality Control | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2005 | Spicebush | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
Crew |
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2024 | When the Sun is Eaten (Chi'bal K'iin) | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
2024 | Practice, Practice, Practice | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
2023 | Air Force Two | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
2023 | Boyd v. Denton | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
2023 | First Team Offense | Crew | Cinematography | 59 Average |
2023 | If You Don’t Watch the Way You Move | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
2022 | Accidental Athlete | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
2020 | Recovery | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
2019 | Black Bus Stop | Crew | Cinematography | 59 Average |
2014 | Fe26 | Crew | Cinematography | 59 Average |
2011 | Chicken | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
2011 | Early Riser | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
2009 | My White Baby | Crew | Thanks | 59 Average |
2006 | Cinnamon | Crew | Cinematography | 59 Average |
Editing |
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2024 | When the Sun is Eaten (Chi'bal K'iin) | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2024 | Practice, Practice, Practice | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2023 | Air Force Two | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2023 | Boyd v. Denton | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2023 | If You Don’t Watch the Way You Move | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2022 | Accidental Athlete | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2022 | Gospel Hill | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2019 | Black Bus Stop | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2017 | Brown and Clear | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2017 | Carrs Down South | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2017 | Tonsler Park | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2016 | Ears, Nose and Throat | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2015 | Park Lanes | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2015 | Three Quarters | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2014 | Fe26 | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2014 | Sound That | Editing | Editor | 58 Average |
2013 | The Island of Saint Matthews | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2012 | Rhinoceros | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2012 | Ten Five in the Grass | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2011 | Early Riser | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2011 | Rita Larson's Boy | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2011 | Chicken | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2011 | Chevelle | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2011 | Quality Control | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |