Gareth Edwards

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gareth Edwards
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Jun 1, 1975(1975-06-01)
Age	49
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Gareth Edwards Biography

Gareth Edwards is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on June 1, 1975 in England, England, United Kingdom. Film director who is best known for the 2016 epic space opera Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. He also directed the 2014 film Godzilla.

He directed Rogue One: A Star Wars Story which starred Felicity Jones.

Gareth James Edwards (born 13 July 1975) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, production designer, and visual effects artist. He first gained widespread recognition for Monsters (2010), an independent film in which he served as writer, director, cinematographer, and visual effects artist. He subsequently directed the 2014 reboot of Godzilla, and the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), the first in the Star Wars Anthology.

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. In January 2011, Edwards landed his first major Hollywood feature, as the director of the 2014 Godzilla reboot from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.

He is the son of Yvonne Edwards and Allan Edwards.

Gareth Edwards Net Worth

Gareth Edwards is one of the richest Director from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gareth Edwards 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended the University for the Creative Arts and got his start in the film industry as a visual effects artist.

His debut feature film Monsters won the Best Independent Movie award at the 2011 Scream Awards.

Gareth Edwards was born on 13 July 1975 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He is of Welsh parentage. 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”. Edwards studied film and video at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design in Farnham, graduating in 1996. 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. 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.

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Who is Gareth Edwards Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Gareth Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Gareth Edwards celebrates birthday on June 1 of every year.

Who really directed rogue one?

Gareth Edwards

Is Gareth Edwards the best rugby player ever?

Edwards was the best player on what may have been the greatest back line in the history of the sport. Some experts argue that Edwards was simply the greatest rugby player ever. With Edwards at scrum half, Wales won the Five Nations Championship 11 times in 16 seasons (1964–78).

Where does Gareth Edwards live now?

In 1975 he was awarded the MBE for his services to the game. Married with two children, he lives in Porthcawl and is a Director of several Companies in South Wales.

Who wrote Rogue 1?

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What did George Lucas think of Rogue One?

He really liked the movie. It meant a lot. To be honest, and no offense to anyone here, it was the most important review to me.