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. His next film, '' Little Fish'' was released in September 2005 starring

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. 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 ''

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'', '' Fireflies'', '' Police Rescue'', and '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand''. In 2012, he directed The Straits and some episodes of

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between 2012 and 2016. In 2016, he directed the acclaimed

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, and also

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. In 2013, he directed

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, a

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award-winning novel by

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n author Peter Temple.

References

External links

* 1959 births Living people Australian film directors Australian television directors Australian Film Television and Radio School alumni {{Australia-film-director-stub