Rowan Athale

Rowan Athale is a British film director and screenwriter. He made his feature directorial debut with the British crime thriller Wasteland, released in the United Kingdom as The Rise, and later directed the thriller Strange but True. His screenwriting credits include Revolt, Outside the Wire, The Vault, and episodes of Gangs of London. In 2025 he wrote and directed the biographical sports drama Giant, about the relationship between boxer Naseem Hamed and trainer Brendan Ingle. Athale was named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow in 2011 and a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit in 2013.