“My dad's weekend treat to me as a kid would be to get me the latest Jackie Chan or some old Bruce Lee classic from the video rental van when it came up our street - I couldn't get enough.”

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.