David Mickey Evans

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title: "David Mickey Evans" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1962-births", "living-people", "loyola-marymount-university-alumni", "20th-century-american-male-writers", "american-male-screenwriters", "writers-from-wilkes-barre,-pennsylvania", "film-directors-from-pennsylvania", "screenwriters-from-pennsylvania"] description: "American film director and screenwriter" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mickey_Evans" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American film director and screenwriter ::

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Field	Value
name	David Mickey Evans
image	David Mickey Evans 2013.jpg
caption	Mickey Evans in 2013
birth_place	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
birth_date
occupation
yearsactive	1987present
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| name = David Mickey Evans | image = David Mickey Evans 2013.jpg | caption = Mickey Evans in 2013 | birthname = | birth_place = Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. | birth_date = | occupation = | yearsactive = 1987present | spouse = David Mickey Evans (born October 20, 1962) is an American film director and screenwriter. His films tend to focus on children and the challenges of childhood. A baseball fan, Evans directed and co-wrote The Sandlot (1993).

Life and career

Evans was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on October 20, 1962. In 1980, he moved to Los Angeles for college. Evans attended Loyola Marymount University and graduated with a film degree in 1984. He got his start writing action-thriller films, but found his niche in the 1990s with family-oriented films that appealed to adults, children and critics alike.

Evans became one of the highest paid screenwriters during this time, selling the screenplays to both Radio Flyer and The Sandlot for over $1,000,000 each. The former was originally to be directed by Evans, but he was replaced by Richard Donner due to his inexperience. Reshoots followed after poor test screenings and the film budget jumped from $15,000,000 to $30,000,000. The original script called for more fantasy sequences involving a worm man and zombies, but these ideas were scrapped when Richard Donner replaced Evans. Radio Flyer opened to mostly mixed reviews from critics while The Sandlot received much more positive reviews and better box office results.

Success for Evans became fleeting by the late 1990s, with films like First Kid and Ed bombing with critics and at the box office. He switched to more adult-oriented humor and material with After School Special, but did not fare much better. Since then, Evans has written and directed numerous made-for-TV and direct-to-DVD films, including The Sandlot 2.

Filmography

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Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1987	Open House
Terminal Entry
1992	Radio Flyer			Also executive producer
1993	Journey to the Center of the Earth			TV movie
Also executive producer
The Sandlot			Also narrator
1996	Ed
First Kid
1999	My Teacher, My Friend			Also narrator
2000	Beethoven's 3rd
2001	Beethoven's 4th			Also actor:Hammet
2003	National Lampoon's Barely Legal			Also associate producer and actor: Dave
My Teacher, My Friend II			Also narrator
Wilder Days			TV film
2004	Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
2005	The Sandlot 2			Also narrator
2007	The Final Season
2009	Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective
2010	Tranced
2011	Glastonbury: Isle of Light
2012	Smitty
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References

References

1. "David Mickey Evans". rottentomatoes.com.
2. "David Mickey Evans Credits". tvguide.com.
3. (2008). "The New York Times". [[Baseline (database).

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