“Growing up either from classes or watching movies I knew, of course, about kung fu, karate, aikido, Muay Thai... But the first time I saw Silat was when I was working on that documentary - the first time I properly saw it. I was just struck by the fact that it looks so different from other martial arts.”

Welsh film director, screenwriter, editor, and action choreographer

Gareth Huw Evans is a Welsh film director, screenwriter, editor, and action choreographer. He is best known for the Indonesian action crime films Merantau, The Raid, and The Raid 2, and for his work in television on Gangs of London. His films helped introduce pencak silat, the Indonesian martial art, to a wider international audience through tightly staged action and crime stories. He also co-created, co-wrote, co-directed, and executive produced Gangs of London, with Matt Flannery, drawing on the 2006 video game of the same name.