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Gareth James Edwards (born 13 July 1975) is a British filmmaker. He first gained widespread recognition for Monsters (2010), an independent film in which he served as writer, director, cinematographer, and visual effects artist.[1][2] He subsequently directed Godzilla (2014), a reboot[3] 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).

Gareth Edwards
Edwards at the Rogue One premiere in 2016
Born	(1975-07-13) 13 July 1975 (age 47) Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
Occupation	Visual effects artist screenwriter film director cinematographer production designer film producer
Years active	2002–present

Career

Gareth Edwards was born on 13 July 1975 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He is of Welsh parentage.[4] He attended Higham Lane School followed by college at North Warwickshire College (now NWSLC) under the AV department with lecturers like Graham Bird. Since childhood, he wanted to direct his own films, stating that "Star Wars is definitely the reason that I wanted to become a filmmaker".[5] Edwards studied film and video at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design in Farnham, graduating in 1996.^{[citation needed]} In 2012, he received an honorary Master of Arts from UCA. Edwards got his start in visual effects, creating digital effects for prestigious shows such as Nova, Perfect Disaster and Heroes and Villains, the latter of which a series for which he made 250 visual effects, which won international recognition.^{[citation needed]} In 2008 he entered the Sci-Fi-London 48-hour film challenge, where a movie had to be created start-to-finish in just two days, within certain criteria. Edwards won the contest and went on to write and direct Monsters, his first feature. Edwards personally created the visual effects for Monsters using off-the-shelf equipment. Besides the two main actors, the crew consisted of just five people.[6]

The success of Monsters brought enough awareness in Hollywood to land Edwards a few major projects. After the film's release, he did interviews in Hollywood with several studios, including Legendary Pictures.[7] In January 2011, Edwards landed his first major Hollywood feature, as the director of the 2014 Godzilla reboot from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.[8]

Edwards directed Rogue One, the first Star Wars stand-alone film, written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy, based on a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta, starring Felicity Jones, and released on 16 December 2016.[9][10]

Three of his influences for filmmaking are George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino.[11] In May 2016, Edwards exited Godzilla: King of the Monsters in an amicable split with the studio to work on smaller scale projects.[12]

In February 2020, it was reported that Edwards was set to direct and write True Love for New Regency along with Rogue One co-producer Kiri Hart serving as producer for the project.[13] The film is set to star John David Washington.[14]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2008	Factory Farmed	Yes	Yes	No	Short film; Also cinematographer and editor
2010	Monsters	Yes	Yes	No	Also director of photography, visual effects and production designer
2014	Godzilla	Yes	No	No
2016	Rogue One	Yes	No	No	Cameo role: Rebel Soldier who uncouples the Tantive IV
2023	True Love	Yes	Yes	Yes	Post-production

Other credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	In the Shadow of the Moon	Digital rostrum	Documentary film
2014	Monsters: Dark Continent	Executive producer
2017	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Cameo role: "Resistance Trench Soldier"

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2005	End Day	Yes	Yes	TV movie
2006	Perfect Disaster	Yes	No	Documentary series (2 episodes); Also visual effects supervisor
2008	Heroes and Villains	Yes	No	Documentary series (episode "Attila the Hun")

Other credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2003	Nova	Animator	Documentary series (2 episodes)
2003	Seven Wonders of the Industrial World	Visual effects	Documentary series (7 episodes)
2004	Dive to Bermuda Triangle	Digital effects	Documentary TV movie
2005	Hiroshima	Digital artist
	Space Race	Digital effects designer / Digital effects artist	Documentary series (2 episodes)
	UFO's: The Secret Evidence	Visual effects supervisor	Documentary TV movie
TBA	Monsters	Consulting producer	Future series

References

External links

• Gareth Edwards at IMDb
• Factory Farmed, winner of the Sci-Fi-London 2008 film festival 48 Hour Film Challenge, on Dailymotion.
• Gareth Edwards: Indie Filmmaker, See how Gareth created his independent film with "pro-sumer" equipment.

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[de] Gareth Edwards (Regisseur)

Gareth Edwards (* 1975) ist ein britischer Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor, Kameramann und Produzent. Internationale Bekanntheit erlangte er durch Filmproduktionen wie Monsters, Godzilla oder Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

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- [en] Gareth Edwards (director)

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[es] Gareth Edwards (director de cine)

Gareth Edwards (Nuneaton, Warwickshire, 1 de junio de 1975) es un director de cine y guionista británico. Es conocido por haber dirigido en 2016 Rogue One: una historia de Star Wars. También es conocido por su debut en la película independiente de 2010, Monsters, su primer largometraje, en el que escribió, filmó y realizó los efectos especiales.[1][2]

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[ru] Эдвардс, Гарет (режиссёр)

Гарет Эдвардс (англ. Gareth Edwards; род. в 1975 году, Нанитон, Уорикшир, Англия, Великобритания) — британский кинорежиссёр, актёр, сценарист, продюсер, оператор, художник, монтажёр.

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