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Aliases: Gareth Huw Evans

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Hirwaun, Cynon Valley, Wales

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Movie Involvements: 33

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Raid 2
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8

The Raid 2

(2014) Writer
Gangs of London
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8

Gangs of London

(2020) Creator
The Raid
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7

The Raid

(2011) Writer
V/H/S/2
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6

V/H/S/2

(2013) Writer
Apostle
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6

Apostle

(2018) Screenplay
Merantau
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7

Merantau

(2009) Writer
Footsteps
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3

Footsteps

(2006) Writer
Havoc
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7

Havoc

(2025) Screenplay

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 Self
2019 Self (archive footage)
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Directing

Writing

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2020 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2018 Editor
2014 Editor
2011 Editor
2009 Editor
2006 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2018 Producer
2006 Producer
Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2011 Choreographer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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