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Gareth Evans

Person
1
Popularity
3
Credits
1980
Born
(45 years old)
Wales
Origin

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.

Known For

Directing

Birthday

1980-04-06

Place of Birth

Hirwaun, Cynon Valley, Wales

Also Known As

Gareth Huw Evans

Movies (2)

Poster image of Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

2019
6.7
Movie
Poster image of Merantau

TV Shows (1)

Poster image of The Art of Action

The Art of Action

2020
8.4
TV Show
IMDbTMDB

Merantau

2009
6.5
Movie