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Rowan Woods

b. 1959

Australian film director

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About Rowan Woods

Born 1959. Rowan Woods is an Australian film director, actor, screenwriter and director.

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 and won an ACCTA Award for Best Direction. The film was also entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. His next film, Little Fish, starring Cate Blanchett, was released in September 2005.

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

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 and , Woods is president of the Australian Directors' Guild.

Awards and nominations Woods has been nominated for many awards and won several, including: 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

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Important facts

Born
1959, Sydney
Birth century
Nationality
Education
Australian Film Television and Radio School

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Rowan Woods?

Australian film director

When was Rowan Woods born?

Rowan Woods was born in 1959 in Sydney.

What is Rowan Woods's occupation?

Rowan Woods is a film director, actor, screenwriter and director.

What nationality is Rowan Woods?

Rowan Woods is Australian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Rowan Woods

· Wikidata: Q3129929

· DBpedia: Rowan Woods

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