A WELSH filmmaker, who directed one of the Star Wars movies, will participate in an event on St David’s Day at the headquarters of BAFTA.

Gareth Edwards, whose family come from Pontypool, directed Rogue One and will be at the BAFTA Cymru and Pinewood event in London.

In 2006, he won a BAFTA for visual effects in 2006 for docu-drama Hiroshima, before receiving further recognition Monsters in 2010, the independent film for which he served as writer, director, cinematographer, and visual effects artist.

He was named a BAFTA Brit to Watch in 2011 and nominated in the Outstanding Debut category of the British Academy Film Awards and directed the 2014 Godzilla reboot and the first in the Star Wars anthology series in 2016.

At the event, open to the public and BAFTA members, Mr Edwards will discuss his films with actor, writer and producer Celyn Jones.

Angharad Mair, the BAFTA Cymru chair, said: “BAFTA exists to celebrate excellence and to inspire and inform the public and BAFTA Cymru focuses on the excellent talent from Wales.

“As we prepare to launch the call for entries for the 26th British Academy Cymru Awards in March, it is exciting to be able to focus on the career of a Welsh filmmaker who has had such international success and who can offer inspiration to the next generation.”

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