---
name: "Matthew Evans"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-evans"
fi1m_id: "matthew-evans"
imdb_id: "nm0263046"
tmdb_id: 1211871
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T13:12:06.372808+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."
---

# Matthew Evans

## Identity

Matthew Evans

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-evans
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-evans
- **IMDb ID:** nm0263046
- **TMDB ID:** 1211871
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0263046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1211871

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1986–2000
- **Also known as:** Mathew Evans
- **Frequently works with:** [Anthony Garner ](https://film.one/person/anthony-garner.md), [Charles Beeson](https://film.one/person/charles-beeson.md), [David Innes Edwards](https://film.one/person/david-innes-edwards.md), [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md), [Jim Hill](https://film.one/person/jim-hill.md), [Ken Hannam](https://film.one/person/ken-hannam.md), [Laurence Moody](https://film.one/person/laurence-moody.md), [Tim Dowd](https://film.one/person/tim-dowd.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 68 (1), 1990s 72 (1), 2000s 71 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Soap 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0263046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1211871

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Band of Gold*](https://film.one/tv/band-of-gold.md) (72)
- **BritBox:** [*At Home with the Braithwaites*](https://film.one/tv/at-home-with-the-braithwaites.md) (71)
- **Apple TV:** [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Matthew Evans is a British television director. He began his career as a sound recordist and assistant director, working on Terence Davies’ *Distant Voices, Still Lives* and Derek Jarman’s *The Garden*.

Evans has directed extensively for BBC and ITV series. His credits include multiple episodes of *Casualty* (from 1993), *EastEnders* (from 1990, with a return in the 2010s and 2020s), *Boon* (1992–3), *Robin Hood* (2006–9), *Silent Witness*, *Wolfblood* (BAFTA-nominated episodes), *Holby City*, *Lewis* and *New Tricks*. He established and ran the EastEnders Diverse Directors Training Scheme.

*Sources: matthewevans.pictures, imdb.com, independenttalent.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *At Home with the Braithwaites* (2000), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/at-home-with-the-braithwaites.md)
- *Band of Gold* (1995), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-gold.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The Dumping Ground* (2013), series, Director
- *Demons* (2009), series, Director
- *Robin Hood* (2006), series, Director
- *Willesden Confidential* (2005), Director
- *Making Waves* (2004), series, Director
- *The Last Detective* (2003), series, Director
- *Rebus* (2000), series, Director, Writer
- *At Home with the Braithwaites* (2000), series, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/at-home-with-the-braithwaites.md)
- *Love in the 21st Century* (1999), series, Director
- *The Vice* (1999), series, Director
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, Director
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Director
- *Sharman* (1995), series, Director
- *Bugs* (1995), series, Director
- *Band of Gold* (1995), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-gold.md)
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, Director
- *The Garden* (1990), Assistant Director
- *The Ruth Rendell Mysteries* (1987), series, Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Boon* (1986), series, Director
- *All Quiet on the Western Front* (1979), as Friedrich Muller

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