FILM DIRECTOR

Gareth Evans

1980 - Today

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Gareth Huw Evans (born 1979 or 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gareth Evans has received more than 70,866 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Gareth Evans is the 1,946th most popular film director (down from 1,754th in 2019), the 6,991st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,299th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 71k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gareth Evans ranks 1,946 out of 2,041. Before him are Greg Yaitanes, Shane Meadows, Christopher Landon, Tim Minear, Sean Baker, and Rajkumar Santoshi. After him are Chris Williams, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Etan Cohen, Tim Story, Matthew Libatique, and Lisa Joy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Gareth Evans ranks 728. Before him are Anmary, Saud Kariri, Riki, Fabián Canobbio, Erin Cahill, and Sammy Adjei. After him are Sprague Grayden, Ovidiu Burcă, Pascal Hens, Michael Berrer, Matthew Tuck, and Lucian Bute.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gareth Evans ranks 6,991 out of 8,785. Before him are Tony Hibbert (1981), Derek Ibbotson (1932), Vicky Holland (1986), Bertie Carvel (1977), Geoff Barrow (1971), and Neil Webb (1963). After him are Stephy Mavididi (1998), Hannah Ware (1982), Tom Hughes (1985), Dan Burn (1992), Tom Daley (1994), and Mike Bailey (1988).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Gareth Evans ranks 152. Before him are David Slade (1969), Simon Beaufoy (1966), Andrew Haigh (1973), Ol Parker (1969), Rupert Wyatt (1972), and Shane Meadows (1972). After him are Euros Lyn (1971), Tim Hetherington (1970), Drew Pearce (1976), and Nicholas Stoller (1976).

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