Photo Credit: Simone Vogel
Jon-Carlos Evans is a filmmaker, audiovisual artist and writer. A native of St.Louis, MO, he holds a B.A. in Film Production from Webster University-St. Louis and an MFA in Media Arts Production from the City College of New York. His career began in the editorial, production, and camera departments, where he worked on various series for CW, Sundance, Animal Planet, NBC Universal, E!, Vh1, et al. During this time, he collaborated with such filmmakers as Luis Argueta on the award-winning documentary “abUSed: THe Postville Raid” (2011) and the Biennale College Campus produced film, “H.” (2014) by Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia.
Evans’ previous works include short films "Antithesis", "Goodbye Brooklyn," "Julya," and "Salvation (Without You”).” He is a recipient of the Eastman Kodak Student Grant (2006), the Aloha Accolade Award (2010, Honolulu International Festival), and the Silver Palm Award (2010, Mexico International Film Festival). His 2017 mid-length feature, "All Tomorrow's Children," won the Bronze Remi Award at Worldfest Houston International Film Festival and Best Narrative Film at the 2018 CUNY Film Festival after debuting as an official selection of the 2017 Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Fest. In 2020, he was selected for the Goethe Institute’s “Foumbam is Wakanda” residency under the direction of filmmaker Jean-Pierre Bekolo in Cameroon.
Evans is also a contributor to pop-culture website Black Nerd Problems as a Staff Writer, and currently works as the Creative Production (Film) Programme MA Lead at the Catalyst Institute for Creative Arts & Technology.
Awards
2024 Quarterfinalist - Blue Cat TV Writing Competition ("The Lost Gods of Memphis")
2024 Finalist - Shore Scripts Development Fund ("The Count of St. Domingue")
2024 Quarterfinalist - Great American Script Contest ("The Lost Gods of Memphis")
2023 Scripted Series Winner - Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival FANPITCH ("The Lost Gods of Memphis")
2023 Quarterfinalist - WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab ("Vesica Pisces")
2021 Best Screenplay Nominee – Jxn Film Film Festival (“The Lost Gods of Memphis”)
2021 Quarterfnalist – Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition (“The Lost Gods of Memphis”)
2021 Semifnalist – Screenwriting Stafng Query Letter Contest (“The Lost Gods of Memphis”)
2021 Quarterfnalist – Screencraf Film Fund (“The Lost Gods of Memphis”)
2018 Bronze Remi Experimental Film - Worldfest Houston International Film & Video Festival. (“All Tomorrow's Children”)
2018 Best Narrative Film. CUNY Film Festival. (“All Tomorrow's Children”)
2013 Best Remix (Nomination). MashRome Rome Film Festival. ("Drapetomania!")
2010 Silver Palm Award. Mexico International Film Festival. ("Antithesis")
2010 Aloha Accolade Award. Honolulu International Film Festival. ("Antithesis")
2010 Runner-Up. Fiction Film. CUNY Asian-American Film Festival. ("Antithesis")
2009 Runner-Up. Experimental Film.CUNY Asian-American Film Festival. ("Julya")
2006 Eastman Kodak Student Film Grant. ("Salvation (Without You)")
Select Performances
Soy & Synth Concert Series. Curated by Soydivision, Mixtape Menage, and Delonoize. Berlin, 2023 (collaboration w/ Camila Nebilla)
Re-Re-Generation Festival. Culturehub LA. Online, 2020 (collaboration w/ Ernesto Cárcamo Cavazos)
Amorphous AV Festival, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, 2017
Stadtsprechen Literaturfestival. Berlin, 2016 (collaboration w/ Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt)
Reclaim the Beats Festival. Berlin, 2016
Syrphe Electronic Night #09. Berlin, 2016
Glitch. CTM Transmediale Vorspiel, Berlin 2016
Re/Mixed Media Festival. Culture Hub. New York, 2014
DYS#1. Ambient. Concrete. Improv. Noise Festival. Corpo 6 Gallery. Berlin, Deutschland. 2013
Symbiotic Cube A/V Label Release Party. Sputnik Rockcafe. Linz, Austira. 2013
Live Performers Meeting. Brancaleone. Rome, Italy. 2013
Warper! Party. New York City. 2012
Re/Mix NYC Media Festival. Brooklyn Lyceum, New York. 2012
Dimanche Rouge Festival for Experimental Performance. Divan du Monde. Paris, France. 2012
Live Performers Meeting. Planet Alpheus. Rome, Italy. 2012
MashRome Film Festival. Acquario Romano. Rome, Italy. 2012
Warper! Party. New York City. 2011
Residencies
“Descolamento como coreografca. " Curated by Veiculosur * Project Director: Mario Lopes,
Lyon, FRA, 2021.
“Foumban is Wakanda.” Curated by Jean-Pierre Bekolo. Goethte Institut Cameroon,. Yaounde, CAM, 2021.
Artist in Residence. Harvestworks Media Center. New York, USA 2018.
EMS International Composer's Residency. Elektronmusikstudion. Stockholm, SWE, 2016 – 2019.
Ableton MIDI Hack Lab. Berlin, GER 2015.
CTM/Transmediale Musicmakers Hacklab. Berlin, GER, 2014
Exhibitions
“Coming Suddenly, Passing Strangely." Currated by Megan Young. Spaces. Cleveland, Ohio, 2021 (Selected Work: "Replikant" Music Video)
“Curating the End of the World." Curated by Reynaldo Anderson, Tiffany E. Barber and Stacey Robinson with the Black Speculative Arts Movement. New York Live Arts/Times Arts Center. NYC, USA. (Selected Works "US" Music Video)
Past Clients
JOC.com, Animal Planet, NBC Universal, Sundance Channel, Bravo!, CBS, ABC, MOD Devices, Freidrich Ebert Stiftung, New York Fashion Week, Youtube/Google. Platoon Kunsthalle, POPKudamm, et al.