Rodney Evans

Rodney Evans

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

Rodney Evans is a fiction and documentary filmmaker. His films include BROTHER TO BROTHER (Sundance-Special Jury Prize, Berlinale) and VISION PORTRAITS (SxSW, Frameline-Best Documentary). Evans is a Guggenheim Fellow, Sundance Momentum Fellow, Ford/Mellon Disability Futures Fellow and an NEH/Firelight Media Spark Fund Award Recipient.

Best known work

Gummo
Gummo
1997
The Happy Sad
The Happy Sad
2013
Brother to Brother
Brother to Brother
2004
The Mountain King
The Mountain King
2000
Billy & Aaron
Billy & Aaron
2010
Persistence of Vision
Persistence of Vision
2016
Vision Portraits
Vision Portraits
2019
Close to Home
Close to Home
1997
Two Encounters
Two Encounters
2000
Portal
Portal
2022

Filmography

  1. 2026

    Solace

    Director, Writer

  2. 2022

    Portal

    Director

  3. 2019

    Vision Portraits

    Director, Writer, Editor, Producer

  4. 2019

    May

    Executive Producer

  5. 2016

    Persistence of Vision

    Producer, Director, Editor

  6. 2013

    The Happy Sad

    Director, Editor, Producer

  7. 2010

  8. 2004

    Brother to Brother

    Director, Producer, Writer

  9. 2000

  10. 2000

  11. 1997

    Gummo

    Assistant Editor

  12. 1997

    Close to Home

    as Self, Director, Editor, Writer, Producer

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