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Screenplays by Jeff Evans | Award-Winning Writer

Stories of courage, conviction, faith, and the human spirit.

Jeff Evans is a screenwriter whose work blends authenticity, emotional depth, and cinematic storytelling. His scripts have earned national recognition — including the PAGE Gold Prize, finalist in the Kairos Awards, and other honors.

Each screenplay reflects Jeff’s lifelong passion for story: the kind that reveals character, confronts truth, and moves audiences toward hope, justice, and meaning.

Explore the works below and request a screenplay for review.

FEATURED SCREENPLAYS

Below is a curated selection of Jeff’s screenplays, including loglines and awards. To request a script or pitch deck, use the button at the end of the page.

Truth Be Told (NEW)

Genre: Historical Drama

Logline: Fueled by unwavering faith, a courageous runaway slave defies social conventions and violent backlash to preach freedom and become one of America’s most compelling spiritual leaders.

(Inspired by a true story)

The Midnight Train

Genre: Historical Thriller

Logline: As America teeters on the brink of war, a secret plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln forces detective Allan Pinkerton to orchestrate Lincoln’s daring escape aboard the midnight train.

(Inspired by a true story)

Awards:

  • 2025 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards — Gold Prize (Historical Film)

     

The King Affair

Genre: Political Drama / Faith Based

Logline: A rising Senator’s path to the presidency is shattered by an affair, forcing him to outmaneuver media scrutiny, silence powerful rivals, and confront his moral failings — or risk losing everything he’s built.

Awards:

  • Finalist — 2025 Kairos Prize
  • Semi-Finalist — Page Turner Screenplays
  • Semi-Finalist — Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition

Traveling Light

Genre: Drama / Faith-Based

Logline: Facing a terminal diagnosis, a driven businesswoman sets off across America in a motorhome with her reluctant husband, hoping to outrun regret, reclaim hope, and reconnect before it’s too late.

Awards:

  • 2025 Kairos Prize — 2nd Runner-Up (Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays)
  • Finalist — HARD FAITH™ FEST

The Quiet Neighborhood

Genre: Thriller

Logline: Two retired assassins vanish into suburbia, hoping to leave violence behind until an old enemy drags them back into a war they thought was over, and their quiet neighborhood becomes a battlefield.

Awards:

  • Semi-Finalist – Page Turner Screenplays
  • Semi-Finalist – Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition

The Enemy Within

Genre: Thriller

Logline: When a vengeful Navy SEAL tracks down the drunk driver responsible for his near-fatal accident, he discovers the driver was merely a pawn in a larger terrorist plot and now must navigate a dangerous web of deceit to protect his country.

Striker Six

Genre: Thriller

Logline: Six teenagers risk it all to win a million-dollar prize in a rigged video game contest, only to uncover a terrorist’s plot to use the game’s technology to unleash real-world destruction, and must now use their skills to save the world from a devastating global conflict.

Awards:

  • Winner — Faith and Family Screenwriting Awards (Family Friendly Features)
  • Semi-Finalist — Creative World Awards

Conspirators

Genre: Thriller

Logline: A suspicious suicide leads a troubled reporter on an investigation that soon implicates a U.S. Senator in a murder plot. Complications arise as the reporter falls for the victim’s widow and uncovers a secret that sends his world into a tailspin, thrusting him into the crosshairs of a powerful enemy.

Awards:

  • Semi-Finalist – Wiki: The World’s Fastest Screenplay Contest!

The Senator

Genre: Drama / Faith-Based

Logline:

A popular Senator, who has drifted from his faith and family, runs for Governor, triggering a series of events that cause him to confront who he is and what he’s become.

Awards:

  • Official Selection – Faith and Family Screenwriting Awards (Family Friendly Features)

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