My Take
Gareth Evans is legitimately one of the most exciting action directors working today, and the fact that a guy from a tiny Welsh town ended up reshaping global action cinema by going to Indonesia and falling in love with pencak silat is still kind of wild to me. The Raid (2011) hit like a freight train — that apartment building siege is just relentless, almost uncomfortably well-choreographed, and it proved you don't need Hollywood money to blow people's minds. The Raid 2 then went even bigger and more operatic, which takes real confidence. What I respect most is that Evans doesn't just direct the action; he edits it too, so the rhythm is entirely his — that's rare and it shows. Hopefully whatever he makes next lands sooner rather than later, because the world needs more of this energy.
Overview
Gareth Huw Evans (born 6 April 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.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gareth Evans
- Name (Japanese)
- ギャレス・エヴァンス
- Reading
- ぎゃれす・えゔぁんす
- Born
- April 6, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Monkey
- Origin
- Hirwaun, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film editor / screenwriter / film director / film producer / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Glamorgan
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.