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Gareth Edwards

Director, Actor, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn June 1, 1975 (50 years)
Gareth James Edwards (born 13 July 1975) is a British film director and screenwriter. He gained recognition for Monsters (2010), an independent film in which he served as writer, director, cinematographer, and visual effects artist. He subsequently directed the big-budget adventure film Godzilla (2014) and the science fiction films Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), The Creator (2023), and Jurassic World Rebirth (2025).

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Known For

  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • The Creator
  • Jurassic World: Rebirth
  • Godzilla
  • Monsters
  • Monsters: Dark Continent
  • Hiroshima
  • End Day
  • Heroes and Villains
  • Perfect Disaster

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Gareth Edwards Filmography

2017
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · as Resistance Trench Soldier
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story · as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)

2023
2015
Nurse (2015) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2014
Monsters: Dark Continent · as Executive Producer

2025
2024
2024
The Oscars · as Self
2023
2019
VFX Artists React (TV Series) · as Self
2018
2017
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - World Premiere · as Self - Director, Rogue One
2016
Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self
2016
The Star Wars Show (TV Series) · as Self - Director: Rogue One
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self
2002
Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self
2000
BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Director
1994
WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self
1981
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest

2023
The Creator · as Story
2010
Monsters · as Production Design
2010
Monsters · as Director Of Photography
2010
Monsters · as Visual Effects
2005
Hiroshima · as Visual Effects
2004
Dive to Bermuda Triangle · as Visual Effects

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