Background
Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Evered grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey, the fifth child of Marie (née Cole) and Charles J. Evered.
Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Evered grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey, the fifth child of Marie (née Cole) and Charles J. Evered.
Charles Evered took his undergraduate degree from Rutgers–Newark and an Master of Fine Arts from Yale University, where he studied with director George Roy Hill.
He lives in Princeton, New Jersey and Los Angeles, California. His plays include Running Funny (premiere featured Paul Giamatti), The Size of the World (premiere featured Liev Schreiber), The Shoreham (premiere featured Eric Stoltz), Adopt a Sailor (premiere featured Sam Waterston and Eli Wallach), and Celadine (premiere featured Amy Irving). Additional plays include Bridewell, Wilderness of Mirrors, Ted"s Head, Clouds Hill, Ten, Class and Looking Again.
He has written screenplays and teleplays for studios such as Universal Pictures, National Broadcasting Company, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures.
His produced film and television credits include an episode of Monk entitled "Mr. Monk and the Leper" for United States of America Network, starring Tony Shalhoub and co-writing the screenplay for the feature Running Funny.
Mr. Evered also wrote and directed the feature film Adopt a Sailor, starring Peter Coyote and Bebe Neuwirth.
Adopt a Sailor was an official selection at more than 20 national and international film festivals and premiered on Showtime. His short film Visiting premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
lieutenant was distributed by Kino Lorber. Mr. Evered"s most recent film, Out, starred Gloria LeRoy and had its world premiere at The Newport Beach Film Festival.
His short play Knock, Knock, premiered in London at Theatre503 in 2014.
Evered"s work has been profiled in the New York Times, British Broadcasting Corporation World and on National Public Radio, among other outlets. He is a former officer in the United States Navy Reserve, having gained the rank of Lieutenant. In 2010 he formed a production company called Ordinance 14.
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Member of Writers Guild of America (event committee 1993—2002), Navy Reserve Association (operations officer 1999), Yale Club of New York City.
Married Wendy Rolfe Evered, November 28, 1998. Children: Margaret Adele, John O'Hara.