Person
Gareth Evans
Directing · Born 1980-04-06 · Hirwaun, Cynon Valley, Wales
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
Gangs of London
Director
Havoc
Director
The Raid 2
Director
The Raid
Editor
Apostle
Director
The Art of Action
Self
V/H/S/2
Writer
Merantau
Porn Den Videographer
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Self (archive footage)
Footsteps
Writer
Filmography
- 2025The BanishedProduction Sound Mixer
- 2025HavocDirector
- 2020The Art of ActionSelf
- 2020Gangs of LondonDirector
- 2019Iron Fists and Kung Fu KicksSelf (archive footage)
- 2018ApostleDirector
- 2016Pre Vis ActionDirector
- 2014The Raid 2Director
- 2014KillersExecutive Producer
- 2013V/H/S/2Writer
- 2012The RaidEditor
- 2009MerantauPorn Den Videographer
- 2007The Feral GenerationSpecial Effects Assistant
- 2006FootstepsWriter
- —BlisterDirector
- —A Colt Is My PassportDirector
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