Gareth Evans

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1980-04-06 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Hirwaun, Cynon Valley, Wales

Gareth Evans

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 u...

Acting

2019

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

as Self (archive footage)

2009

Merantau

as Porn Den Videographer

Production

2009

Merantau

as Director

2009

Merantau

as Editor

2009

Merantau

as Writer

2012

The Raid

as Writer

2012

The Raid

as Editor

2012

The Raid

as Director

2006

Footsteps

as Writer

2006

Footsteps

as Director

-

Blister

as Director

-

Blister

as Screenplay

2013

V/H/S/2

as Writer

2013

V/H/S/2

as Director

2014

The Raid 2

as Director

2014

The Raid 2

as Writer

2006

Footsteps

as Producer

2014

The Raid 2

as Editor

2016

Pre Vis Action

as Director

2018

Apostle

as Director

2018

Apostle

as Screenplay

2016

2016

Pre Vis Action

as Producer

2016

2018

Apostle

as Producer

2006

Footsteps

as Editor

2018

Apostle

as Editor

2025

Havoc

as Director

2012

The Raid

as Choreographer

2025

Havoc

as Producer

2025

The Banished

as Production Sound Mixer

2025

Havoc

as Writer

2014

Killers

as Executive Producer

-

Blister

as Producer

2013

V/H/S/2

as Editor

2009

Merantau

as Choreographer

2016

Pre Vis Action

as Director of Photography

2014

The Raid 2

as Choreographer

2018

Apostle

as Choreographer

2007

The Feral Generation

as Special Effects Assistant

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