[3] In 1996 Evans joined the British Army, serving as a Royal Engineer and saw service in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq[4] After leaving the armed forces Evans attended Bangor University and studied Film.

Although his undergraduate degree was predominately academic, Evans began making short films while studying at University.

He won the 2012 Welsh Royal Television Society Best Fiction award for his graduation film Long I Stood There.

His step-daughter Ceri and daughter Annabel played the two young children in the film about domestic abuse, which made an allegorical reference to the Welsh Not, with the former winning a number of Best Actress awards.

For a BBC interview about the film he stated "I grew up having to watch my mum beaten and bullied by my abusive father.

[12] The film focused on soldiers with Posttraumatic stress disorder and used the talking head accounts of war veterans who had served in Northern Ireland, the Falklands War, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, along with highly stylised dramatic sequences written by Evans .

[15] Evans went on to make a documentary film for S4C in Afghanistan with former Royal Marine officer and Conspicuous Gallantry Cross recipient Owen Davis.

His diverse range continued when Evans began directing episodes of the CBS crime drama Elementary, while going on to create the children S4C series Antur Natur Cyw.