Rowan Athale
2021Rowan 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.
Little America
Rowan Athale
Сильвестр Сталлон
Set in a dystopian future where America has become bankrupt and turned into a war zone, a former Army Ranger hired by an Asian billionaire to find his daughter.With the highly skilled sister of the missing woman along for the ride, he must navigates the dark underbelly of Little America, a walled-off city within a city in Hong Kong where many Americans have fled.
Little America
Giant
Rowan Athale
Adele Lupton, Asan N'Jie
Follows Prince Naseem Hamed from his humble beginnings on the tough working-class streets of Sheffield and his discovery by Ingle, himself a steel industry worker turned boxing trainer. Their unlikely partnership, Naz’s unorthodox style, cocky persona, and sheer dominance in the ring propelled them to the top of boxing’s elite and unprecedented levels of global superstardom, all in the face of the rampant Islamophobia and racism of ’80s and 90’s Britain.
Giant
