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Bruce A. Evans Biography (1946-)

Born September 19, 1946, in Long Beach, CA; son of George A. and Jane (maidenname, Wallace) Evans. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 ElCamino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Writer, director, producer

Birth Details

September 19, 1946

Long Beach, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Associate producer, Starman (also known as John Carpenter's Starman), Columbia, 1984
• Producer (with Andrew Scheinman and Raynold Gideon), Stand by Me,Columbia, 1986
• Producer (with Gideon and David Blocker), Made in Heaven, Lorimar,1987
• Director, Kuffs (also known as Hero Wanted), Universal, 1992
• Producer, Assassins (also known as Day of Reckoning), Warner Bros., 1995
• Television Director
• Episodic
• Directed an episode of Switch, CBS.
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Raynold Gideon and Stuart Margolan) A Man, a Woman, and a Bank (based on a story by Gideon and Evans), [Canada], 1979, Blue Box, 1984
• (With Gideon) Starman (also known as John Carpenter's Starman), Columbia, 1984
• (With Gideon) Stand by Me (based on Stephen King's novella TheBody), Columbia, 1986
• (With Gideon) Made in Heaven, Lorimar, 1987
• Kuffs (also known as Hero Wanted), Universal, 1992
• Jungle 2 Jungle (also known as Un indien a New York), BuenaVista, 1997

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

• The film Cutthroat Island (also known as Corsari, L'ileaux pirates, and Die Piratenbraut), released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1996, was based on a story by Evans. The television series Starman, broadcast by ABC in 1986, was based on the characters Evans created for the screenplay Starman.

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Contemporary Authors, Volume 134, Gale, 1992