Director

Gareth Evans

Directing

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Directed credits

Active

Regular directing credits.

TMDB popularity

2.3

Moderate attention

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 1All crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 142013

IMDb ID: nm2153088

Known for: Directing

Born: April 6, 1980

Age: 45

Place of birth: Hirwaun, Cynon Valley, Wales

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2006 - 2025

Years active: 20

Average TMDB rating: 6.74

Wikidata: Q4207234

Also known as

Gareth Huw Evans

Frequent jobs

Director (6)Writer (3)Executive Producer (1)Production Sound Mixer (1)

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Biography

Gareth Huw Evans (born April 6, 1980) is a Welsh film director, screenwriter, editor, and action choreographer. He is best known for the Indonesian action crime films Merantau (2009), The Raid (2011), and The Raid 2 (2014), and for bringing the Indonesian martial art of pencak silat into world cinema through these films. He is also known for co-creating, co-writing, co-directing, and executive producing the Sky Atlantic/AMC action crime drama television series Gangs of London(2020–present) alongside Matt Flannery, based on the 2006 video game of the same name. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gareth Evans (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.