Rowan Woods
Born
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations
  • Film and television director
  • actor
  • screenwriter
Years active1988–present

Rowan Woods is an Australian AACTA Award-winning film and television director, best known for the 1998 film The Boys and the 2016 television drama series The Kettering Incident.

Career

Film

Woods directed The Boys in 1998[1] and won an ACCTA Award for Best Direction.[2] The film was also entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.[3] His next film, Little Fish, starring Cate Blanchett, was released in September 2005.[4]

His 2009 film, Fragments received mixed, but mostly negative reviews from critics.[5]

Television

Woods has directed episodes of several television series, including Farscape, Fireflies, Police Rescue, and Spartacus: Blood and Sand.[citation needed]

In 2012, he directed The Straits, and some episodes of Rake between 2012 and 2016. In 2016, he directed the acclaimed The Kettering Incident, and also Nowhere Boys.[citation needed]

In 2013, he directed The Broken Shore, a Duncan Lawrie Dagger award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple.[citation needed]

Other roles

Since December 2021[6] and as of November 2023, Woods is president of the Australian Directors' Guild.[7]

Awards and nominations

Woods has been nominated for many awards and won several, including:[8]

References

  1. ^ "Rowan Woods". Emerging Filmmakers Fund. 2009.
  2. ^ "Snapshots from the Past: A sneak peek into the AFI Awards photo archive". Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  3. ^ "1998 Programme". Berlinale. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  4. ^ Dan Edwards. "Director Rowan Woods talks about his latest feature Little Fish". Archived from the original on 13 October 2009.
  5. ^ Rod Yates (2008). "Dakota Fanning vs Rowan Woods". Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  6. ^ Welch, Kalila (12 December 2021). "Rowan Woods elected as president of Australian Director's Guild". Mumbrella. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Australian Directors' Guild". About. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Rowan Woods". IMDb. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

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Films directed by Rowan Woods
AACTA Award for Best Direction
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