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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. [2]
Gareth Evans. Writer: The Raid: Redemption. Welsh born writer/director, in 2003 directed a short film "Samurai Monogatari" telling the tale of a Samurai waiting to be executed. The short was in Japanese language and starred students from Tokyo who were studying at Cardiff University at the time.
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- Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales, UK
The selection also reflects the world I grew up in and into: few women filmmakers, and no makers of colour whom I could encounter at formative moments beyond my control.
Mar 23, 2022 · It was a siege movie that gave action flicks a fresh face – literally, both in the form of Iko Uwais, its breakout star who has gone on to become a Netflix favourite, and in pencak silat, the...
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Gareth Huw Evans is a Welsh film filmmaker 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.
Jan 13, 2016 · Delivering a much-needed scissor kick to action cinema, Gareth Evans is a director who already has had a major influence in mainstream action filmmaking. Born in Wales, he graduated from the University of South Wales with a Master of Arts in screenwriting.
Oct 19, 2018 · We chat with Apostle writer-director Gareth Evans about making the switch from action to horror, creating a creepy folk-horror mythology, and more.
