Evan Johnson is a Canadian filmmaker from Winnipeg, Manitoba, most noted for his frequent collaborations with Guy Maddin. He was codirector of Maddin's The Forbidden Room, which was the winner of the Toronto Film Critics Association's Rogers Best Canadian Film Award at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2015.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Director, editor, writer and producer
- 4 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Evan Johnson's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Evan Johnson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Evan Johnson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
The Mother and the Bear(2024)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
A. Rimbaud(2026)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Rumours(2024)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Thursday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Rabbit Hunters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Stump the Guesser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Accidence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Green Fog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Forbidden Room(2015)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Once a Chicken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Lines of the Hand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Colours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Puberty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Cold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Elms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Little White Cloud That Cried (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Nightingale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles, 16 of them dated from 2009 to 2026.
Awards
3 major nominations and no wins, 2018–2020.
- Berlinale award, nominated · Best Short Film
- Berlinale award, nominated ×2 · Forum
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Evan Johnson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 4 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 73/100 and the pacing 38/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Evan Johnson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Evan Johnson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Galen Johnson shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Guy MaddinShared titles: Rumours (2024), The Forbidden Room (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Guy Maddin
Actors
- Roy DupuisShared titles: Rumours (2024), The Forbidden Room (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Roy Dupuis
Editors
- John GurdebekeShared titles: Rumours (2024), The Forbidden Room (2015)See all 2 shared titles with John Gurdebeke
Producers
- Galen JohnsonShared titles: A. Rimbaud (2026), Rumours (2024), The Mother and the Bear (2024), The Forbidden Room (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Galen Johnson
- Liz JarvisShared titles: Rumours (2024), The Mother and the Bear (2024), The Forbidden Room (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Liz Jarvis
- Fritzi AdelmanShared titles: A. Rimbaud (2026), Rumours (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Fritzi Adelman
- Adrian LoveShared titles: Rumours (2024), The Mother and the Bear (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Adrian Love