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.

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.

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

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]

  • 1998: Winner, Best Achievement in Direction in the AFI Awards, for The Boys
  • 1998: Nominee, Golden Bear in the Berlin International Film Festival, for The Boys
  • 1999: Winner, Best Director in the FCCA Awards, for The Boys
  • 1999: Winner, Readers' Award for Favourite Australian Film in the FCCA Awards, for The Boys
  • 2001: Nominee, Best Direction in a Television Drama in the AFI Awards, for Do or Die
  • 2005: Nominee, Best Director in the FCCA Awards, for Little Fish
  • 2005: Nominee, Best Direction in the AFI Awards, for Little Fish
  • 2005: Nominee, Best Direction in the IF Awards, for Little Fish
  • 2006: Nominee, Best Direction in the Zurich Film Festival, for Little Fish
  • 2014: Winner, Best Direction in a Telemovie in the ADG Awards, for The Broken Shore
  • 2015: Nominee, Best Direction in a Television Drama Series in the ADG Awards, for Rake
  • 2016: Nominee, Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy in the AACTA Awards, for The Kettering Incident

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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