Kieran Evans

Kieran John 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.

Early life Evans was born in St Davids, Pembrokeshire 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. 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. 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. This was followed by a trilogy of music videos for the band from their 2013 album Rewind the Film. His video for the single Show Me the Wonder won the band the 2013 Q Awards for Best Video.

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.

In 2016, Evans directed 'Be Pure Be Vigilant Behave', documenting the Manic Street Preachers' The Holy Bible anniversary tour. It premiered in Cardiff in October 2016.

In 2017, Evans directed 'Escape From History', which centred around the Manic Street Preachers 1996 album Everything Must Go.