Bruce A. Evans

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Bruce A. Evans
Born
Bruce Anslie Evans

(1946-09-19) September 19, 1946 (age 77)
Long Beach, California, US
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film director, film producer
Years active1979–present

Bruce Anslie Evans (born September 19, 1946) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for his work on Stand by Me (1986), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) and Mr. Brooks (2007).

Career

Evans's first writing credit was on the

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.[2] Evans and Gideon went on to write and produce the 1987 film Made in Heaven before writing Kuffs (1992), which Evans directed and Gideon produced.[3] The film, featuring Christian Slater, won the Special Jury Prize at the 1992 Festival du Film Policier de Cognac. The pair were given story credit for the 1995 film Cutthroat Island after performing a rewrite of "a completely different version" of the script.[4]

After writing 1997's

Hollywood. Their original version was considered "too soft", and their revised story, which was deemed "too dark", was written instead as a film spec script.[6] Fifteen years since Kuffs, Evans said that, with Mr. Brooks, directing again "was kind of like riding a bicycle".[4]

In addition to Evans and Gideon's intention of making two sequels to Mr. Brooks,[5] Evans said that "we have two originals in mind" and "there are a few [scripts] that are kind of on hold that I would direct that other people have written".[3]

Filmography

Year Title Director Writer Producer
1979 A Man, a Woman, and a Bank No Yes No
1984 Starman No Yes Associate
1986 Stand by Me No Yes Yes
1987 Made in Heaven No Yes Yes
1992 Kuffs Yes Yes No
1995 Assassins No No Yes
Cutthroat Island No Yes No
1997 Jungle 2 Jungle No Yes No
2007 Mr. Brooks Yes Yes No
Script and continuity department
Year Film Role Notes
1999 Any Given Sunday Script revisions
Uncredited
Miscellaneous crew
Year Film Role
1989 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Production consultant

References

  1. Writers Guild of America, west. Archived from the original
    on July 19, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
  2. ^ "Stand By Me (1986): Awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Jacobs, Evan (October 22, 2007). "EXCLUSIVE: Bruce A. Evans Dissects Mr. Brooks". MovieWeb.com. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
  4. ^
    About.com. Archived from the original
    on June 7, 2008. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
  5. ^ a b c d Topel, Fred (June 13, 2007). "Bruce A Evans and Raynold Gideon Talk Mr. Brooks". CraveOnline.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
  6. ^ Luce, Patrick (October 18, 2007). "M&C Interview: Director Bruce Evans talks Mr. Brooks". Monsters and Critics. Retrieved March 1, 2009.

External links

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