--- name: "Gareth Evans" canonical: "https://film.one/person/gareth-evans" fi1m_id: "gareth-evans" imdb_id: "nm2153088" tmdb_id: 142013 wikidata_id: "Q4207234" roles: ["Director","Writer"] born: "6 April 1980" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_as: "director" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-17T15:32:04.051477+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Gareth Evans ## Identity Gareth Evans - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gareth-evans - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** gareth-evans - **IMDb ID:** nm2153088 - **TMDB ID:** 142013 - **Wikidata ID:** Q4207234 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Evans_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4207234, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2153088/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142013 Director and writer. Born 6 April 1980 in Hirwaun, Cynon Valley, Wales. ## Details - **Work:** Director, Writer - **Born:** 6 April 1980, Hirwaun, Cynon Valley, Wales - **Active:** 2012–present - **Also known as:** Gareth Huw Evans - **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 83 (1), 2020s 74 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Evans_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4207234, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2153088/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142013 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*The Raid*](https://film.one/film/the-raid.md) (83) - **AMC+:** [*Gangs of London*](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Gareth Evans > Gareth Evans makes punishing action that we can follow, giving performers room to show their skill. We rate his direction highly, though his characters need more of the attention he gives their fights. In *The Raid* (2012), the cramped spaces of a building occupied by criminals give the fighting its pressure. Evans keeps finding different ways to stage a confrontation as the police move through the floors. We were exhilarated by Iko Uwais’s speed because the shots let us follow each exchange of blows. The partnership began with *Merantau* (2009), Evans’s first collaboration with Uwais and an early vehicle for silat. *The Raid* became his breakthrough, with a crime story that largely exists to put people in one another’s way. *The Raid 2* (2014) widened the scope and made room for larger set pieces. The settings matter in his work: walls and narrow spaces determine what the performers can do, and give us a way to follow them. In *The Raid*, cinematographers Matt Flannery and Dimas Imam Subhono keep the takes long and wide enough for the choreography to register. The camera moves with the performers without losing the shape of the fight. Evans also edits, keeping the exchanges quick while preserving enough movement within individual shots for us to appreciate the physical skill involved. The limitation is how little changes in our feelings from one confrontation to the next. At 101 minutes, *The Raid* still has passages where the fighting becomes routine, despite the changing choreography. Its thin characters and predictable plotting leave Uwais and the other performers carrying too much of our interest. We wanted a longer pause, or a little humour, so that the next fight would have something besides a new arrangement of blows to distinguish it. Evans’s turn to folk horror with *Apostle* (2018) showed an interest in slower dread. He then co-created and directed episodes of *Gangs of London* (2020–), bringing his brutal action to television, before returning to features with *Havoc* (2025), starring Tom Hardy. For a first encounter, choose *The Raid* and give the choreography your full attention. ## Biography Gareth Huw Evans is a Welsh film director, screenwriter, editor and action choreographer. Born on 6 April 1980 in Hirwaun, Cynon Valley, he graduated with an MA in screenwriting from the University of Glamorgan. After making the low-budget feature *Footsteps* (2006), Evans moved to Indonesia and directed the martial arts film *Merantau* (2009). He achieved international recognition with *The Raid* (2011), which he also wrote and edited, and its sequel *The Raid 2* (2014). Both films showcase pencak silat and star Iko Uwais. His later work includes the Netflix film *Apostle* (2018) and the series *Gangs of London* (2020–), which he co-created and directed. He directed the action film *Havoc* (2025). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, bbc.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Gangs of London* (2020), Fi1m 74, Creator, Writer, Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) - *The Raid* (2012), Fi1m 83, Writer, Director, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-raid.md) ## Complete filmography (15) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Banished* (2025), Production Sound Mixer - *Havoc* (2025), Director, Producer, Writer - *Gangs of London* (2020), series, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) - *Apostle* (2018), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Choreographer - *Pigs* (2016), Editor - *Pre Vis Action* (2016), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography - *The Raid 2* (2014), Director, Writer, Editor, Choreographer - *Killers* (2014), Executive Producer - *V/H/S/2* (2013), Director, Writer, Editor - *The Raid* (2012), Director, Writer, Editor, Fight Choreographer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-raid.md) - *Merantau* (2009), as Porn Den Videographer · Director, Editor, Writer, Choreographer - *The Feral Generation* (2007), Special Effects Assistant - *Footsteps* (2006), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor - *Blister*, Director, Screenplay, Producer - *A Colt Is My Passport*, Director, Producer ## Gallery - ![Gareth Evans](https://film.one/media/person/120055/gallery-5f176d8094ec.jpg) Gareth Evans — Nivrae, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Gareth_Evans2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Gareth Evans On Stage (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/120055/gallery-18ac3bf4d3da.jpg) Gareth Evans On Stage (2012) — Nivrae, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Gareth_Evans.jpg/1280px-Gareth_Evans.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Evans at the Film stage (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/120055/gallery-5ed62ab3e165.jpg) Evans at the Film stage (2012) — Raffi Asdourian, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Gareth_Evans_2012.jpg/1280px-Gareth_Evans_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Evans at the Film stage (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/120055/gallery-770a36c9a93f.jpg) Evans at the Film stage (2012) — Raffi Asdourian, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Gareth_Evans_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Gareth Evans](https://film.one/media/person/120055/gallery-8c7374914b8b.jpg) Gareth Evans — Image via TMDB - ![Evans at the Film stage (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/120055/gallery-b5552299b326.jpg) Evans at the Film stage (2012) — Raffi Asdourian, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Gareth_Evans_2012_%28cropped%292.jpg/1280px-Gareth_Evans_2012_%28cropped%292.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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