Rowan Woods (born 1959) is an Australian AACTA Award-winning film and television director, actor and screenwriter.
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
The 48th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1998. The festival opened with the Irish film ''The Boxer'' by Jim Sheridan. Francis Ford Coppola's '' The Rainmaker'' was selected as the closing night film. Th ...
.
His next film, ''
Little Fish'' was released in September 2005 starring
Cate Blanchett
Catherine Elise Blanchett (; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor. Regarded as one of the finest performers of her generation, she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. She has received nu ...
. His latest film, ''
Fragments'' was released in 2009, and received mixed, but mostly negative reviews from critics.
Television
He has directed episodes of television series including ''
Farscape
''Farscape'' is an Australian-American science fiction television series, produced originally for the Nine Network. It premiered in the US on Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday, 19 March 1999, at 8:00 pm EST as their anchor series. The series was c ...
'', ''
Fireflies
The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production ...
'', ''
Police Rescue
''Police Rescue'' is an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC.
Apart from the 61 episodes, there was a 90-minute pilo ...
'', and ''
Spartacus: Blood and Sand''.
In 2012, he directed
The Straits
''The Straits'' is an Australian television drama series for ABC1 filmed in Cairns, the Torres Strait Islands and other Far North Queensland locations.
The series is based on an idea by actor Aaron Fa'aoso and produced by Penny Chapman and He ...
and some episodes of
Rake between 2012 and 2016. In 2016, he directed the acclaimed
The Kettering Incident
''The Kettering Incident'' is an Australian television drama program, first broadcast on Foxtel's SoHo (Australian TV channel), Showcase channel on 4 July 2016.
The series was created by Victoria Madden and Vincent Sheehan (filmmaker), Vincent ...
, and also
Nowhere Boys
''Nowhere Boys'' is an Australian teen drama television series created by Tony Ayres. It was first broadcast on ABC3 (which is now officially named ABCME) on 7 November 2013. The first two series follow the adventures of four mismatched teenag ...
.
In 2013, he directed
The Broken Shore
''The Broken Shore'' (2005) is a Duncan Lawrie Dagger award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple.
Synopsis
The novel's central character is Joe Cashin, a Melbourne homicide detective. Following serious physical injuries he is posted ...
, a
Duncan Lawrie Dagger
The Gold Dagger is an award given annually by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom since 1960 for the best crime novel of the year.
From 1955 to 1959, the organization named their top honor as the Crossed Red Herring Award. Fro ...
award-winning novel by
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
n author
Peter Temple
Peter Temple (10 March 1946 – 8 March 2018) was an Australian crime fiction writer, mainly known for his ''Jack Irish'' novel series. He won several awards for his writing, including the Gold Dagger in 2007, the first for an Australian. He w ...
.
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
Australian film directors
Australian television directors
Australian Film Television and Radio School alumni
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