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Home/People/Gareth Evans
Gareth Evans profile photo
Born
Apr 6, 1980
Age 45
Place of Birth
Hirwaun, Cynon Valley, Wales
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

2
Movies
1
TV Shows
11
Directed
Also Known As
Gareth Huw Evans
IMDb Profile

Gareth Evans

Directing

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.
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks poster

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

as Self (archive footage)
2019
Merantau poster

Merantau

as Porn Den Videographer
2009