- Birthday
- 1980-04-02
- Place of Birth
- Hirwaun, Cynon Valley, Wales
Gareth Evans
DirectingBiography
Gareth Huw Evans (born 1979 or 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. Evans was born and raised in Hir...
