Years active 2003–present Spouse Rangga Maya Barack-Evans | Role Film director Name Gareth Evans Children Sophie Evans | |
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Occupation Film director, screenwriter, film editor, action choreographer Awards Asian Film Award for Best Editor Movies Similar People Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Timo Tjahjanto, Arifin Putra, Julie Estelle | ||
Gareth Huw Evans (born 1980) is a Welsh film director, screenwriter, film editor and action choreographer.
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- The raid redemption interview with director gareth evans
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Awards
- References
He is best known for bringing the Indonesian martial art pencak silat into world cinema through his films Merantau, The Raid, and The Raid 2.
The raid redemption interview with director gareth evans
Early life
Evans was born and raised in Hirwaun, Cynon Valley. He graduated from the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales) with an MA in screenwriting, and made his living by helping people learn Welsh over the internet.
Career
After directing a small-budget film called Footsteps, Evans was hired as a freelance director for a documentary about the Indonesian martial art pencak silat. He became fascinated with it, and discovered Indonesian martial artist Iko Uwais, who was working as a deliveryman for a phone company. Evans cast Uwais in his 2009 film Merantau, which became a cult hit. He planned to produce a larger action film, but scaled the production budget down and created an action film called The Raid (2011). After the success of The Raid, the larger action film eventually became the basis for its sequel, The Raid 2: Berandal (2014).
In late 2016 Evans started working on his next film, Apostle, which will star Dan Stevens. The director confirmed on his Instagram that filming will begin on April 3, 2017.
Personal life
Evans is 6'7" (2.01m) tall. He lived in Jakarta with his wife, Maya, and their daughter, Sophie, until the family moved back to Wales in 2015.
He is also good friends with documentary director Joshua Oppenheimer, as Josh has given thanks to him for his award nominated documentaries of Indonesian life.
Awards
In November 2011, The Raid won the Midnight Madness Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011.