Rowan Woods is a film and television director, actor and screenwriter who emerged out of the Super 8 scene in Sydney in the 1980s. Woods directed The Boys in 1998 and won an AFI 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 in Australia, starring Cate Blanchett. He has also directed episodes of television series including Farscape, Fireflies, Police Rescue, and Spartacus: Blood and Sand.