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Rodney Evans(I)

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Rodney Evans
Video created by Frameline-The San Francisco int'l LGBT+ Film Festival for the presentation of the Frameline Award to Rodney Evans in 2019. A survey of clips from over two decades of filmmaking with testimonials from actors who worked with Evans on his two fiction features, BROTHER TO BROTHER and THE HAPPY SAD including Aunjanue Ellis (KING RICHARD), Charlie Barnett (RUSSIAN DOLL), LeRoy McClain (THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, RESPECT) and Duane Boutte (STONEWALL, 1995)
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Rodney Evans is a writer/director/producer of fiction and documentary films. Credits include Brother To Brother (Winner-Sundance Film Festival-Special Jury Prize-Dramatic Competition), Billy and Aaron (Tribeca Film Festival) and Vision Portraits (SXSW-Documentary Competition). He is the recipient of IFP's Gordon Parks Award for Screenwriting for his fiction feature debut Brother To Brother. The film was nominated for 4 Film Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay, Best Debut Performance-Anthony Mackie and Best Supporting Actor-Roger Robinson. It had its European premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. His second fiction feature, The Happy Sad, had its theatrical premiere at the IFC Center in NYC and the Sundance Sunset Cinema in LA in 2013. His latest feature length film, Vision Portraits, had its world premiere in the Documentary Competition at SXSW in 2019 to universal critical acclaim. It won the prize for Best Documentary at Frameline-The San Francisco Int'l. LGBT+ Film Festival, aired nationally on America Reframed and screened virtually for a week at the Whitney Museum in July 2020 in honor of the 30th Anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Evans was recently honored with the Frameline Award for Career Achievement and a 2020 Sundance Momentum Fellowship. He is a Ford/Mellon Disability Futures Fellow for 2021. Evans holds a BFA in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Film/Video Production.
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Rodney Evans, winner of "Special Jury Prize - Passion of Subect- Dramatic" for "Brother to Brother"
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Writer/Director/Producer-Rodney Evans on the set of VISION PORTRAITS.
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Known for

Brother to Brother (2004)
Brother to Brother
7.1
  • Director(directed by)
  • 2004
Vision Portraits (2019)
Vision Portraits
6.7
  • Director
  • 2019
The Happy Sad (2013)
The Happy Sad
5.4
  • Director
  • 2013
Billy and Aaron (2010)
Billy and Aaron
7.0
Short
  • Director
  • 2010

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Director

  • Rodney Evans and Homay King in Portal (2022)
    Portal
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Vision Portraits (2019)
    Vision Portraits
    • Director
    • 2019
  • John Dugdale in Persistence of Vision (2016)
    Persistence of Vision
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2016
  • The Happy Sad (2013)
    The Happy Sad
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Billy and Aaron (2010)
    Billy and Aaron
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2005
  • Brother to Brother (2004)
    Brother to Brother
    • Director (directed by)
    • 2004
  • Two Encounters
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2000
  • Close to Home
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1999
  • The Unveiling
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Teletouch Drive
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1994

Producer

  • Wuss (2022)
    Wuss
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Rodney Evans and Homay King in Portal (2022)
    Portal
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Vision Portraits (2019)
    Vision Portraits
    • producer
    • 2019
  • MAY (2019)
    MAY
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Ironwood (2017)
    Ironwood
    • executive producer
    • 2017
  • John Dugdale in Persistence of Vision (2016)
    Persistence of Vision
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Sara & Dennis (2015)
    Sara & Dennis
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Dice
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Sweepstakes (2014)
    Sweepstakes
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2014
  • The Happy Sad (2013)
    The Happy Sad
    • producer (produced by)
    • 2013
  • Conor Fallon in Guests of a Nation (2012)
    Guests of a Nation
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Billy and Aaron (2010)
    Billy and Aaron
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2005
  • Brother to Brother (2004)
    Brother to Brother
    • producer (produced by)
    • 2004
  • Close to Home
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1999

Writer

  • Rodney Evans and Homay King in Portal (2022)
    Portal
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Vision Portraits (2019)
    Vision Portraits
    • Writer
    • 2019
  • Perfect Society
    • writing supervisor
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Billy and Aaron (2010)
    Billy and Aaron
    • screenplay
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 2005
  • Brother to Brother (2004)
    Brother to Brother
    • written by
    • 2004
  • Teletouch Drive
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1994

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Trailer for Feature Doc-VISION PORTRAITS w/Audio Desc.

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