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Kieran Evans (born 8 February 1969) is a Welsh film director and screenwriter whose work includes music videos, film and documentaries. His 2012 film ''Kelly + Victor'', produced by Janine Marmot, saw Evans awarded the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer at the 2014 BAFTAs. ==Life and career== Evans was born in St Davids and attended Ysgol Dewi Sant. He later studied art in Carmarthen and Newport before moving to London. While in London he found work as a runner for Steven Spielberg's animation company before progressing through the industry until he found work making promotional music videos.〔 In 1998 he directed the video for the single ''Breathe'' by Kylie Minogue. He continued to work within the music industry and became a regular collaborator for Heavenly Films, a sister project of British record label Heavenly Recordings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Abour Heavenly Films )〕 This led Evans to work with many of the label's artists. In 2002, while working for Heavenly Films, Evans collaborated with Paul Kelly on the film ''Finisterre'', a documentary based on modern London that accompanied the album by the same name by the British indie band Saint Etienne.〔 In 2008 Evans released ''From Here to Before'', a portrait of British folk singer Vashti Bunyan, which was nominated for the 2008 Grierson Award.〔 Evans' connections within the music industry led him to chronicle the first of three documentaries based on the alternative music festival scene when he directed a television film of the 2008 Isle of Wight Festival. He followed this the following year when he, along with Matt Askem, filmed Bestival 2009. In 2010 he returned to the Isle of Wight, where he documented the 2010 Festival, co-directed with Askem and Chris Whiterod.〔 A producer who had seen ''Finisterre'' recommended that Evans direct a drama, possibly connected to Wales.〔 This resulted in him approaching Aberystwyth based writer Niall Griffiths whose literature he was familiar with. Griffiths sent him a copy of his novel ''Kelly + Victor'' and Evans was inspired to turn it into a feature. Griffiths allowed Evans free rein to adapt the script, which he changed from a dual story told separately from the perspective of the two protagonists to a more traditional merged narrative. The film received a limited release, but opened to mainly positive reviews. This, his first directorial feature, led to a nomination for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He won the award in this category at the 2014 BAFTAs.〔 Evans did not turn his back on the music industry, and the year after releasing ''Kelly + Victor'' he directed a documentary for Welsh alternative rock band the Manic Street Preachers entitled ''Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair''. This was followed by a trilogy of music videos for the band from their 2013 album ''Rewind the Film''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Manic Street Preachers 'Show Me The Wonder' by Kieran Evans )〕 His video for the single ''Show Me The Wonder'' won the band the 2013 Q Awards for Best Video.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Q Awards 2013 - the winners! )〕 In 2014, Evans reunited with Paul Kelly for Heavenly Films, co-directing the Dexys documentary ''Nowhere Is Home'', shot during the final nights of Dexys' residency at the Duke of York's Theatre in London.〔(YouTube - ''Nowhere Is Home'' Trailer )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kieran Evans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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