Everybody Digs Bill Evans

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DRAMA | English | 102 min

Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival, Everybody Digs Bill Evans is a biographical drama film about the famous jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans.

1961. Bill Evans is playing with what he considers the perfect musical trio until tragedy strikes in the premature death of his bass player, Scott LaFaro - his musical soulmate. Traumatised by grief, Evans stops playing for the first time since his childhood. A tug-of-war between personal torment and the seemingly safer haven of familial love will see Evans oscillate between New York and suburbia, his genius always bubbling beneath the surface.

Directed by Grant Gee and starring Anders Danielsen Lie, Bill Pullman and Laurie Metcalf, the film is written by Mark O’Halloran and based on Owen Martell’s novel Intermission.

DIRECTOR Grant Gee
CAST Anders Danielsen Lie, Bill Pullman, Laurie Metcalf, Barry Ward, Valene Kane
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION United Kingdom, Ireland

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★★★★

“elusive, ruminative and very absorbing”

— The Guardian


★★★★

“Atmospheric, beautifully visualised and captures something powerful about the poisoned chalice of possessing exceptional creative talent”

— BBC Culture


★★★★

“The minor and major chords are played close together in this moving and beautifully shot and performed portrait of jazz’s legendary pianist”

— Time Out

“Metcalf and Pullman are both wonderful”

— Variety

“Anders Danielsen Lie is phenomenal”

— Screen

“Grant Gee’s Experimental Biopic Brings A Troubled Jazz Genius Hauntingly Back To Life”

— Deadline

FESTIVALS

Berlin International Film Festival
Winner: Silver Bear for Best Director

Dublin International Film Festival
Official Selection