- Birth nameDean Evans
- Nicknames
- Mr. Peace
- Deano
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Dean W. Evans was born in Boscombe Hospital on the 2nd April 1986. He grew up in the village town of Burton, Christchurch in Dorset, England.
Dean first wanted to be a Film Director when he read a small booklet on the making of Jurassic Park, which came with the VHS tape in 1994. Dean started making home videos on Super8 videotape in the late 90's, borrowing his father's camcorder to make his action shorts. He also made cardboard sets, masks and small vehicles, and made modest efforts of films throughout his early career from school and throughout Uni. He first learned to edit by using two VHS tape recorders linked up, one with the raw footage and one with the final edit he was creating. He works with his own self-funded budgets ranging from £500 to £5000. He is currently writing his first motion picture.
When he turned 20 in 2006, his short film 'Stones' screened at the Super Shorts Film Festival and he also won an engraved video Ipod, worth £250 at the time. His films have appeared in numerous small indie film festivals worldwide, he had a film premiere which Brockenhurst college students developed, and sold 60 tickets for.
Dean started Videography work in 2009, working on cruise ships, and later travelling across Europe on seven expensive car rallies. He launched his business 'Billion Bites' in 2015, after getting an inheritance from his Nan, He has made hundreds of videos as a freelance filmmaker, and he has funded his own documentaries. His short films range from a children's documentary on world peace, to a series of short films on mental health.
He has a strong interest in Cinematography, Writing fantasy novels for children and teenagers. He often practices meditation and guided shamanic journeying. His debut fantasy novel, is vividly based on his creative childhood, and will be part of a series of nine major high fantasy books in the same vein as Philip Pullman and JK Rowling.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Billion Bites
- SpouseSarah(December 22, 2012 - December 1, 2018) (separated)
- Parents
- Often has animated scenes in films that progress the story.
- Has made short films with little dialogue or using a poetic conscious voice
- Has made short films and documentaries for children
- Often has Black And White Scenes that turn to Colour
- Often does the cinematography on his films.
- Has been a fan of the rock band U2 since 2001.
- Dean's father Derek Evans, worked as a carpenter on some major films, He worked on Oliver Twist (The Musical) and Cromwell as well as others. Derek was in the corridor when Oliver Reed rushed to the aid of someone. Derek was a pivotal reason that Dean started filmmaking.
- Dean was lucky enough to have three Nan's in his life when he was growing up, it was because Doreen lived with one of his Nan's, and the family got very close to her.
- His first video was on a super8 video camera, called Jurassic Kids in 1994, it was recorded over when he made a new film.
- Peace, in every way, is a child's dream.
- The positive change you make in the world, see your footprint as an 'added bonus' to the positive forces that are steering us towards a peaceful outcome to world problems.
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