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Evan Jones

Evan Jones

Known For Writing
Birthday Dec 29, 1927
Died Apr 18, 2023 (95)
Birthplace Hector's River, Portland, Jamaica
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Feb 13, 2025
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Biography

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, whom displayed his poetry as part of their 2024–5 exhibition Write Cut Rewrite.

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A Show of Force

A Show of Force

1990

Screenplay

Kangaroo

Kangaroo

1986

Screenplay

Champions

Champions

1984

Screenplay

Escape to Victory

Escape to Victory

1981

Screenplay

Rehearsal

Rehearsal

1977

Writer

Night Watch

Night Watch

1973

Screenplay

Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright

1971

Screenplay

Two Gentlemen Sharing

Two Gentlemen Sharing

1969

Screenplay

Funeral in Berlin

Funeral in Berlin

1966

Screenplay

Modesty Blaise

Modesty Blaise

1966

Screenplay

Old Man's Fancy

Old Man's Fancy

1965

Writer

King and Country

King and Country

1964

Screenplay

The Damned

The Damned

1962

Screenplay

Eva

Eva

1962

Writer

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