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.
Rowan Woods | |
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| Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
Career
editFilm
editWoods 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
editWoods 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
editSince December 2021[6] and as of November 2023[update], Woods is president of the Australian Directors' Guild.[7]
Awards and nominations
editWoods 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
edit- ^ "Rowan Woods". Emerging Filmmakers Fund. 2009.
- ^ "Snapshots from the Past: A sneak peek into the AFI Awards photo archive". Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ "1998 Programme". Berlinale. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ Dan Edwards. "Director Rowan Woods talks about his latest feature Little Fish". Archived from the original on 13 October 2009.
- ^ Rod Yates (2008). "Dakota Fanning vs Rowan Woods". Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ Welch, Kalila (12 December 2021). "Rowan Woods elected as president of Australian Director's Guild". Mumbrella. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Australian Directors' Guild". About. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Rowan Woods". IMDb. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
External links
edit- Rowan Woods at IMDb
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