---
name: "Bruce A. Evans"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruce-a-evans"
fi1m_id: "bruce-a-evans"
imdb_id: "nm0262595"
tmdb_id: 3028
wikidata_id: "Q4977028"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "19 September 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T04:28:08.380001+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bruce A. Evans

## Identity

Bruce A. Evans

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruce-a-evans
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruce-a-evans
- **IMDb ID:** nm0262595
- **TMDB ID:** 3028
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4977028
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_A._Evans, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4977028, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262595/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3028

Writer and producer. Born 19 September 1946 in Long Beach, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 19 September 1946, Long Beach, California, USA
- **Active:** 1984–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Raynold Gideon](https://film.one/person/raynold-gideon.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_A._Evans, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4977028, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262595/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3028

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Stand by Me*](https://film.one/film/stand-by-me.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*Starman*](https://film.one/film/starman.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bruce A. Evans is an American screenwriter, producer and director. Born on 19 September 1946 in Long Beach, California, he studied at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Evans began his screenwriting career in partnership with Raynold Gideon. Their credits include the 1979 film *A Man, a Woman, and a Bank*, the screenplay for *Starman* (1984), and both the screenplay and production of *Stand by Me* (1986). The *Stand by Me* screenplay earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Evans directed *Kuffs* (1992) and *Mr. Brooks* (2007). Other writing credits include *Made in Heaven* (1987), *Jungle 2 Jungle* (1997) and the story for *Cutthroat Island* (1995).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Stand by Me* (1986), Fi1m 88, Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/stand-by-me.md)
- *Starman* (1984), Fi1m 77, Associate Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/starman.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mr. Brooks* (2007), Director, Screenplay
- *Jungle 2 Jungle* (1997), Screenplay
- *Cutthroat Island* (1995), Story
- *Assassins* (1995), Producer
- *Kuffs* (1992), Director, Writer
- *Made in Heaven* (1987), Writer, Producer
- *Stand by Me* (1986), Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/stand-by-me.md)
- *Starman* (1984), Writer, Associate Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/starman.md)
- *A Man, a Woman and a Bank* (1979), Screenplay, Story

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1987: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Stand by Me*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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