“When people talk about this idea of being a Welsh guy from the Valleys who travelled off to Indonesia to make martial arts action movies, on paper, it sounds really bizarre. But because everything happens in real time for me, it's just been a smooth process, it hasn't been weird.”

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.