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FILM DIRECTOR

Gareth Edwards

1975 - Today

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Gareth James Edwards (born 13 July 1975) is an English filmmaker. He gained recognition for Monsters (2010), an independent film in which he served as writer, director, cinematographer, and visual effects artist. He subsequently directed Godzilla (2014), a reboot of Toho's Godzilla franchise and the first film in Legendary's MonsterVerse, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), the first installment of the Star Wars anthology series and an immediate prequel to Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gareth Edwards has received more than 729,746 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Gareth Edwards is the 1,700th most popular film director (down from 1,349th in 2019), the 5,964th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,836th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular British Film Director.

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  • 730k

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  • 34.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

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  • 2.22

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  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gareth Edwards ranks 1,700 out of 1,581Before him are J. C. Chandor, Mai Masri, David Robert Mitchell, Corneliu Porumboiu, Barry Jenkins, and Rob Minkoff. After him are Andrei Kravchuk, Lisandro Alonso, Basu Chatterjee, Casey Neistat, Mike Mitchell, and Jake Kasdan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Gareth Edwards ranks 495Before him are Krisdayanti, Lee Eul-yong, Barbara Pompili, Laurent Wauquiez, Jean-Paul Abalo, and Evgeni Nabokov. After him are Lisandro Alonso, Kool Savas, Will Sasso, Annie Parisse, Ekaterina Zakharieva, and Jan Bos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gareth Edwards ranks 5,964 out of 7,765Before him are Aneurin Barnard (1987), Harris Dickinson (1996), Tommy Banks (1929), Norman Lamont (1942), Sophie McShera (1985), and Maurice Norman (1934). After him are Mia Goth (1993), Malcolm Rifkind (1946), Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster (1974), Alexander Vlahos (1988), Andrea Leadsom (1963), and Ronnie Corbett (1930).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Gareth Edwards ranks 143Before him are Chris Cunningham (1970), Peter Cattaneo (1964), Jonathan Glazer (1965), Rupert Wyatt (1972), Ben Davis (1961), and David Slade (1969). After him are Simon Beaufoy (1966), Ben Wheatley (1972), Gareth Evans (1980), Shane Meadows (1972), Tim Hetherington (1970), and Nicholas Stoller (1976).

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