
In 1982 he started to produce arts documentaries - about famous writers, painters and film-makers, several of which won international awards (films about David Hockney, Francis Bacon, Patricia Highsmith). It was during this time that he traveled a lot and got to know the United States.

He then moved into televsion, producing films about US politics and the Middle-East for a weekly current affairs programme called Weekend World. He studied law at Oxford University, graduating with first class honors, then worked as a journalist for three years on the Evening Chronicle in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Nicholas Evans was born and grew up in Worcestershire, England.

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