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Gareth Edwards

1975 - Today

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Gareth James Edwards (born 13 July 1975) is a British filmmaker. His accolades include three British Independent Film Awards and nominations for the British Academy Film Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards. Edwards first gained recognition for Monsters (2010), an independent film in which he served as writer, director, cinematographer, and visual effects artist. He subsequently directed the big-budget science fiction films Godzilla (2014), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), The Creator (2023) and Jurassic World Rebirth (2025). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gareth Edwards is the 761st most popular film director (up from 1,546th in 2019), the 3,018th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,334th in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gareth Edwards ranks 761 out of 2,041. Before him are František Vláčil, Allan Dwan, Sergio Martino, Paul Greengrass, Bruno Mattei, and Dadasaheb Phalke. After him are Pupi Avati, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Konrad Wolf, Wolfgang Becker, Emil Loteanu, and Henry Selick.

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Among people born in 1975, Gareth Edwards ranks 85. Before him are Tiger Woods, Asia Argento, Iván Helguera, Hilário, Natalie Imbruglia, and Allen Iverson. After him are Lauryn Hill, Cécile de France, Puneeth Rajkumar, Atifete Jahjaga, Sienna Guillory, and Veselin Topalov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gareth Edwards ranks 3,019 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Greengrass (1955), Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892), Leslie Phillips (1924), Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (1987), Eddie Gray (1948), and James Galway (1939). After him are James Guillaume (1844), Paul Day (1956), William John Burchell (1781), Nancy Mitford (1904), Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761), and Joseph Aspdin (1778).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Gareth Edwards ranks 59. Before him are Andrew Birkin (1945), John Glen (1932), Terence Fisher (1904), Matthew Vaughn (1971), Norman McLaren (1914), and Paul Greengrass (1955). After him are Laura Mulvey (1941), Edmund Goulding (1891), Jonathan Glazer (1965), Richard Marquand (1937), Jack Cardiff (1914), and Jack Clayton (1921).

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