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Nick Rowland

Nick Rowland

Director and writer

BAFTA Award nominee · 1 other major award body

Nick Rowland is an award-winning directing graduate of the National Film and Television School (NFTS). Before graduating, his work as a director had earned him a Royal Television Society Award for Dancing In The Ashes, a nomination for Best Short Film at the Sundance Film Festival for Out Of Sight and a nomination for Best Short Film at the BAFTA’s and the BIFA’s for Slap. Before Nick committed to film, he also had a promising rally driving career. He was selected for the prestigious MSA British Rally Academy, before competing in the Chinese and British Rally Championships. This experience fed into the making of his last short, Group B, which earned Nick a Student Oscar nomination. Since the NFTS, Nick directed episodes of Cuffs, Ripper Street and Hard Sun for BBC One. Nick’s debut Feature film, Calm With Horses, premiered at TIFF 2019 and went on to be nominated for the Sutherland award at the 2019 BFI London Film Festival, before its general theatrical release in 2020. From: https://www.directorsnow.com/nick-rowland/

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Director and writer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 36% in 30 days

What are Nick Rowland's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
34%
Bonds
32%
Morality
24%
Self
10%
Survival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Dread
2
Melancholic
3
Cathartic
1

How their films linger

Unsettling2 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 Nick Rowland's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Nick Rowland'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

11 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • She Rides Shotgun(2025)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Gentlemen(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Floodlights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Calm with Horses(2019)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Hard Sun(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Group B (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Writer

  • Cuffs(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Out of Sight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Slap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Writer

  • Ripper Street(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Dancing in the Ashes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 2011 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Calm with Horses (2019)

$103K worldwide

Highest rated

Calm with Horses (2019)

Midcredits 73rd

Most popular right now

She Rides Shotgun (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing11 of 11: 7 only directing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score71stWriting4 of 11: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing1 of 11: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

11 titles, 4 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2010s7 · crew2020s4 · 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.

Awards

3 major nominations and no wins, 2015–2021.

  1. 2021
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
  2. 2015
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best British Short Film
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Sundance award, nominated

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

Who does Nick Rowland work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nick Rowland's MovieCove titles; Blanck Mass shares the most, 2.