Rowan Dinar Athale is a British-Indian Film Director and Screenwriter from Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Rowan Athale made his feature-film debut as both writer and director with the acclaimed heist thriller - The Rise. Premiering internationally at TIFF, Rowan and the film went on to be nominated for numerous awards, including the Douglas Hickox Award at the BIFA's, Best Newcomer at the BFI LFF and the Discovery award at TIFF. In the summer of 2017 Rowan directed his second feature film, Strange But True. A noir-thriller, the film is produced by Fred Berger and stars Gregg Kinnear, Amy Ryan, Nick Robinson, Margaret Qualley, Brian Cox and Blythe Danner. CBS are releasing the film in America in 2018. Rowan is currently casting his next feature as director - Sci-Fi Thriller Little America. Written by Rowan Athale, Little America will be produced by Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes. Rowan has received several accolades as director and writer, including being named a Screen International Star of Tommorrow prior to making his feature debut; and being named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit upon it's release. Rowan is a partner in British production company Hook Pictures. He is the brother of composer, and frequent collaborator, Neil Dinar Athale.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Writer and director
- 8 on MovieCove
What are Rowan Athale's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 4
Steady 1 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 1
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet5
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 Athale's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Rowan Athale's 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
8 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
Giant(2025)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Vault(2021)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Outside the Wire(2021)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Gangs of London(2020)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Strange But True(2019)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Tales from the Lodge(2019)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Revolt(2017)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Wasteland(2012)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles from 2012 to 2026.
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 Athale's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 8 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 45/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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.
Is Rowan Athale's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and profanity run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Rowan Athale work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rowan Athale's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brian Kavanaugh-Jones shares the most, 3.
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Kim GasterShared titles: Strange But True (2019), Wasteland (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Gaster
- Neil AthaleShared titles: Strange But True (2019), Wasteland (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Neil Athale
- Stuart BentleyShared titles: Strange But True (2019), Wasteland (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Stuart Bentley
Producers
- Brian Kavanaugh-JonesShared titles: Outside the Wire (2021), Strange But True (2019), Revolt (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
- Mark LaneShared titles: Giant (2025), Revolt (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Lane
- Ben PughShared titles: Outside the Wire (2021), Revolt (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Ben Pugh
- Fred BergerShared titles: Outside the Wire (2021), Strange But True (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Fred Berger
