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EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS
Directed by
Grant Gee
Ireland, UK 2026 102 MIN
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Synopsis
New York, 1961. Jazz pianist Bill Evans is at the height of his creative powers, performing with a trio whose extraordinary chemistry is captured during a legendary residency at the Village Vanguard. Ten days after those recordings, bassist Scott LaFaro, Evans’s close friend and musical soulmate, dies in a car accident. Devastated by grief, Evans stops performing and retreats into isolation, addiction, and silence. His relationships with his parents, brother, and partner become increasingly important as he struggles to reconnect with both life and music. Concentrating on this decisive interruption rather than presenting a conventional biographical panorama, the film explores grief, creativity, addiction, and what happens to an artist when the music suddenly stops.
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Grant Gee
Grant Gee is a British filmmaker, photographer, and cinematographer, born in Plymouth in 1964. He first became widely known through music videos, including Radiohead’s No Surprises, and his documentary
Meeting People Is Easy, which followed the band during its OK Computer tour. His later documentary Joy Division won the Grierson Award for Best Cinema Documentary, while Patience (After Sebald) and Innocence of Memories explored the relationship between literature, memory, and landscape. Everybody Digs Bill Evans is his first narrative feature and won him the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival. Gee’s work frequently combines music, place, memory, and impressionistic visual storytelling.
Credits
- Director
- Grant Gee
- Screenplay
- Mark O’Halloran, based on the novel Intermission by Owen Martell
- Cinematography
- Piers McGrail
- Editing
- Adam Biskupski
- Music
- Roger Goula
- Cast
- Anders Danielsen Lie, Bill Pullman, Laurie Metcalf, Barry Ward, Valene Kane, Katie McGrath
- Producers
- Janine Marmot, Alan Maher (Hot Property Films, Cowtown Pictures, Bona Fide Productions)
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