Avril Evans

Avril Evans is a multi-award-winning writer/director of film, TV and commercials who gravitates towards audacious, global stories with an unflinching point of view and a dose of Afro Noir. Recently selected for Edinburgh TV Festival's Ones to Watch, Avril carries her love of complex stories and unconventional characters into her work and has written and directed short films commissioned by The Arts Council/Barbican and EastEnders: E20. Her other work has screened at London, and Berlinale International Film Festivals, including the Film London-supported Playground and Famous Last Words, funded by ZDF/Arte. An active champion of diversity, Avril worked for change with the BAFTA steering group for inclusion and is a Rare with Google Fellow. Avril is now developing High-End TV shows with various Indies, her debut feature film and an African Sci-Fi short.