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) alon
Defining films
In their own words
That Oldboy corridor fight... that's been a massive influence on me because it's not stylish, it's brutal, it's ugly, it's messy, and it's just one guy beating everyone down.
That Oldboy corridor fight has been a massive influence on me because it's not stylish, it's brutal, it's ugly, it's messy. That's something that really informed what we did.