Evan Jones
- Drehbuch
- 29. Dezember 1927 · Hector's River, Portland, Jamaica
- 18. April 2023
Biografie
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 Scorsese; it is one of only two films to ever be presented 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 debut of Bob Dylan. Over the course of his career, Jones collaborated with a number of notable figures of twentieth century cinema, including Joseph Losey, 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.
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Filmografie
- Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names · Selbst
- Schatten des Wolfes · Drehbuch
- Die Stärke der Macht · Drehbuch
- Chillers · Buch
- Kangaroo · Drehbuch
- Sein größter Sieg · Drehbuch
- The Killing of Angel Street · Buch
- Flucht oder Sieg · Drehbuch
- Rehearsal · Buch
- The Man with the Power · Buch
- Sklaven - The Fight against Slavery · Idee
- Playhouse · Buch
- Die Nacht der tausend Augen · Drehbuch
- Centre Play · Buch
- Away from It All · Buch
- Ghost in the Noonday Sun · Buch
- Ferien in der Hölle · Drehbuch
- Two Gentlemen Sharing · Drehbuch
- Finale in Berlin · Drehbuch
- Modesty Blaise - Die tödliche Lady · Drehbuch
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Buch
- Old Man's Fancy · Buch
- King and Country – Für König und Vaterland · Drehbuch
- The Madhouse on Castle Street · Buch
- Sie sind verdammt · Drehbuch
- Eva · Buch