Maalik Evans is a screenwriter and filmmaker based in New York City, who hails from the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

His feature horror script THE LOCK - IN was one of 10 scripts chosen for official selection for The BloodList in 2022. This highly regarded accomplishment was featured in The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and Fangoria.

Maalik's work often focuses on the intersectionality of identities, sexuality, nostalgia, coming-of-age, violence, family dysfunction, mental health, and trauma.