Gareth Evans

Gareth Evans

Born: April 2, 1980
in Hirwaun, Cynon Valley, Wales
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. 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.

Movies for Gareth Evans...

Title: The Art of Action
Character: Self
Released: June 28, 2020
Type: TV
International action star Scott Adkins talks with some of the world's most renowned names in the action and martial arts film industry to discover what it takes to make good action movies and how to film fights.
bee
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Title: Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 14, 2019
Type: Movie
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed Western action cinema and inspired the birth of cultural movements such as blaxploitation, hip hop music, parkour and Wakaliwood cinema.