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Gareth Edwards

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Cinematographer / Television Director | * 06/01/1975 (48) | Nuneaton (United Kingdom (UK))
Gareth James Edwards (born 13 July 1975) is an English filmmaker. He gained recognition for Monsters (2010), an independent film in which he served as writer, director, cinematographer, and visual effects artist. He subsequently directed Godzilla (2014), a reboot of Toho's Godzilla franchise and the first film in Legendary's MonsterVerse, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), the first installment of the Star Wars anthology series and an immediate prequel to Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977). He returned to making original films with the science fiction thriller The Creator (2023). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Science Fiction

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Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Cr ...

The Creator

PG-13

2023 | 3.6/5 | 2h 15min
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
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A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy. ...

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

PG-13

2016 | 3.7/5 | 2h 13min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms ...

Monsters

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2010 | 3.1/5 | 1h 34min
Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction
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Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating cris ...

Godzilla

PG-13

2014 | 3.1/5 | 2h 3min
Action, Drama, Science Fiction
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Movies with Gareth Edwards as Actor(6)

as himself2023 True Love: Making 'The Creator'
as Resistance Trench Soldier2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as himself2017 The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
as himself2017 The Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star Wars
as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as himself2014 Godzilla: Force of Nature

TV Shows/Series with Gareth Edwards as Actor(2)

2018 James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as himself2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Movies with Gareth Edwards as Crew(20)

Directing/Director2023 The Creator
Production/Producer2023 The Creator
Writing/Screenplay2023 The Creator
Writing/Story2023 The Creator
Directing/Director2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Directing/Director2014 Godzilla
Production/Executive Producer2014 Monsters: Dark Continent
Art/Production Design2010 Monsters
Camera/Director of Photography2010 Monsters
Directing/Director2010 Monsters
Visual Effects/Visual Effects2010 Monsters
Writing/Writer2010 Monsters
Camera/Director of Photography2008 Factory Farmed
Directing/Director2008 Factory Farmed
Editing/Editor2008 Factory Farmed
Writing/Writer2008 Factory Farmed
Visual Effects/Visual Effects2005 Hiroshima
Directing/Director2005 End Day
Writing/Writer2005 End Day
Visual Effects/Visual Effects2004 Dive to Bermuda Triangle

TV Shows/Series with Gareth Edwards as Crew(2)

Directing/Director2007 Heroes and Villains
Art/Production Design1993 Power Rangers

Full Name: Gareth Edwards
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 06/01 1975 (June) in Nuneaton (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 48 years + 323 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Higham Lane School, North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College, Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College
Other names for Gareth Edwards (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Gareth James Edwards"
"Gareth Edwards (director)"
"Gareth Edwards (Regisseur)"
Gareth Edwards frequently works together with these people:
Mark Wright (12x, Actor)
Campbell Cooley (11x, Actor)
Kelson Henderson (8x, Actor)
Judd Lynn (8x, Crew)
John Leigh (7x, Actor)
Adam Gardiner (7x, Actor)
Greig Fraser (6x, Crew)
Mark Mitchinson (6x, Actor)
Barbara Goodson (5x, Actress)
Daniel Willy (5x, Crew)
Jeremy Birchall (5x, Actor)
Douglas Sloan (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8725, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024