Biography
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...
Complete Filmography

Giant
2025
Writer, Director
Follows Hamed from his humble beginnings on the tough working-class streets of Sheffield and his discovery by Ingle, himself a steel industry worker t...

The Vault
2021
Screenplay
Madrid, Spain, 2010. While the whole city follows the national team's successful participation in the World Cup, a group of daring thieves look for a ...

Outside the Wire
2021
Writer
In the near future, a drone pilot is sent into a deadly militarized zone and must work with an android officer to locate a doomsday device.

Strange But True
2019
Director
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.

Tales from the Lodge
2019
Executive Producer
Tales From The Lodge is a fresh take on the portmanteau horror-comedy genre. An isolated lodge somewhere in England. Five old university pals, now nud...

Revolt
2017
Writer
The story of humankind's last stand against a cataclysmic alien invasion. Set in the war-ravaged African countryside, a U.S. soldier and a French fore...

Wasteland
2012
Director, Screenplay
A young man recently released from prison recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration.