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Rowan Woods

Rowan Woods

Director · Born January 1, 1959 (67) · Sydney, Australia.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rowan Woods is an Australian film and television director, actor and screenwriter. Woods directed The Boys in 1998 and won an AFI award for best direction. His next film, Little Fish was released in September 2005 in Australia, starring Cate Blanchett. He has also directed episodes of television series including Farscape, Fireflies, Police Rescue, and Spartacus: Blood and Sand. His latest film, Winged Creatures is set to be released in 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rowan Woods, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1959 (67)
From
Sydney, Australia.
Works as
Director
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 8% in 30 days

What are Rowan Woods' films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
51%
Self
11%
Power
11%
Morality
8%
Ideas
8%
Bonds
6%
Society
5%
Trauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Full focus: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their full focus movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Dread
3
Melancholic
2
Contemplative
2
Bittersweet
1

How their films linger

Haunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Rowan Woods' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Rowan Woods' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

25 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Kettering Incident(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Nowhere Boys(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • The Broken Shore(2013)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Straits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Spartacus(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Winged Creatures(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • 3 Acts of Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Footy Legends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Snake Pit Leader

  • Little Fish(2005)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Fireflies(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Do or Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Mallboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Thanks

  • Chopper(2000)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Dogwoman: Dead Dog Walking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Farscape(1999)

    Show 19 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director

  • Towelhead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director · Writer

  • Children of the Revolution(1996)

    as Colin 'Col' Slansky

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Medivac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Roly Poly Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Prof. Wauchop

  • Resistance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Ian

  • Police Rescue(1989)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · as Frank

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • E Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Bouncer

  • Compo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Tom Little

  • Tran the Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer · as Donnie Moss

Career shape

A full career of 25 titles, 24 of them dated from 1988 to 2016.

Biggest box office

Little Fish (2005)

$3.2M worldwide

Highest rated

The Broken Shore (2013)

Midcredits 67th

Most popular right now

Winged Creatures (2008)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting8 of 25: 6 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting17 of 25: 14 only directing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score55thWriting2 of 25: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleOther crew2 of 25: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

25 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and acting overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1980s2 · acting1990s8 · 4 acting · 5 crew2000s9 · 1 acting · 8 crew2010s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Rowan Woods' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · director

Fireflies (2004)

71st percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Spartacus (2010)

Midcredits 96th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 39/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 51, detractors 13. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Rowan Woods work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rowan Woods' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andrew Knight shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers