FILM DIRECTOR

Gareth Evans

1980 - Today

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Gareth Huw Evans (born 1979 or 1980) is a Welsh film filmmaker 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 68,740 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 6,986th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,299th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 69k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gareth Evans by language

Over the past year Gareth Evans has had the most page views in the with 14,657 views, followed by Russian (9,426), and German (8,473). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are English (109.92%), Korean (40.14%), and French (29.94%)

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 725. 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 6,986 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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Filmography

Apostle
Director
In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
Sep 21o 20186.102 / 10
The Raid 2
Director
After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover corrupt members of his own force.
Mar 27o 20147.625 / 10
The Raid
Director
Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission. Starring Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais.
Nov 29o 20117.42 / 10