FILM DIRECTOR

Gareth Evans

1980 - Today

Gareth Evans

Gareth Huw Evans (born April 6, 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Gareth Evans is the 1,006th most popular film director (up from 1,948th in 2024), the 3,722nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,990th in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gareth Evans ranks 1,006 out of 2,041. Before him are Rodrigo García, Coralie Fargeat, Xie Jin, Ágnes Hranitzky, Eugeniusz Bodo, and Yasushi Akimoto. After him are Ben Sharpsteen, Sion Sono, Antonio Pietrangeli, Nanni Loy, Candida Royalle, and Michael Hoffman.

Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia

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Rodrigo García
1959 - Present
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 1,000
Coralie Fargeat
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 1,001
Xie Jin
1923 - 2008
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 1,002
Ágnes Hranitzky
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 1,003
Eugeniusz Bodo
1899 - 1943
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 1,004
Yasushi Akimoto
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 1,005
Gareth Evans
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 1,006
Ben Sharpsteen
1895 - 1980
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 1,007
Sion Sono
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,008
Antonio Pietrangeli
1919 - 1968
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,009
Nanni Loy
1925 - 1995
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,010
Candida Royalle
1950 - 2015
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,011
Michael Hoffman
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,012

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Gareth Evans ranks 88. Before him are Monica, Yasuhito Endō, Nur Fettahoğlu, Brett Goldstein, Cicinho, and Melissa Rauch. After him are Alejandro Valverde, Christian Poulsen, Pete Hegseth, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Vanessa Lachey, and Atsushi Yamaguchi.

Others Born in 1980

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Monica
SINGER
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 82
Yasuhito Endō
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 83
Nur Fettahoğlu
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 84
Brett Goldstein
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 85
Cicinho
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 86
Melissa Rauch
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 87
Gareth Evans
FILM DIRECTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 88
Alejandro Valverde
CYCLIST
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 89
Christian Poulsen
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 90
Pete Hegseth
POLITICIAN
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 91
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1980 - 2022
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 92
Vanessa Lachey
CELEBRITY
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 93
Atsushi Yamaguchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 94