---
name: "Jeff Woolnough"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeff-woolnough"
fi1m_id: "jeff-woolnough"
imdb_id: "nm0941276"
tmdb_id: 66240
wikidata_id: "Q6175293"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "director"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-09-23T13:37:15.268076+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jeff Woolnough

## Identity

Jeff Woolnough

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeff-woolnough
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeff-woolnough
- **IMDb ID:** nm0941276
- **TMDB ID:** 66240
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6175293
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Woolnough, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6175293, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941276/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66240

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1987–2015
- **Also known as:** Jeffrey W. Woolnough, Jeff Woulnough , Jeffrey Woolnough
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 9 directing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Brad Turner](https://film.one/person/brad-turner.md), [Charles Beeson](https://film.one/person/charles-beeson.md), [Thomas J. Wright](https://film.one/person/thomas-j-wright.md), [Allan Kroeker](https://film.one/person/allan-kroeker.md), [David Barrett](https://film.one/person/david-barrett.md), [David Jackson](https://film.one/person/david-jackson.md), [David Nutter](https://film.one/person/david-nutter.md), [Jeannot Szwarc](https://film.one/person/jeannot-szwarc.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as director, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (1), 2000s 73 (7), 2010s 69 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 69 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 6, Action & Adventure 5, Crime 2, Mystery 2, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Woolnough, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6175293, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941276/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66240

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70), [*Smallville*](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md) (66)
- **Paramount+:** [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md) (83)
- **Peacock:** [*Supernatural*](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md) (77)
- **Netflix:** [*Vikings*](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md) (74)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md) (71)
- **Apple TV:** [*NCIS*](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md) (66)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Expanse*](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jeff Woolnough is a Canadian television and film director. He directed three episodes of the re-imagined *Battlestar Galactica* series (2005–2006).

His credits include ten episodes of *Vikings* (2014–2018), multiple episodes of *The Expanse* (2015–2021), and work on series such as *Riverdale*, *Chilling Adventures of Sabrina*, *Supernatural*, *Bones*, *NCIS* and *Smallville*. He has also directed television movies and miniseries including *Jack* (2013) and *Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story* (2010).

Woolnough is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada. He received the guild's Outstanding Achievement Award for *Jack* and for *Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story*. He has received multiple Canadian Screen Award and Gemini Award nominations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, en.battlestarwiki.org, jeffwoolnough.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

### Directed (9) — the average rests on these

- *The Expanse* (2015), Fi1m 64, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md)
- *Vikings* (2013), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md)
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles* (2008), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles.md)
- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Supernatural* (2005), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *NCIS* (2003), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Smallville* (2001), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Moonstruck* (1987), Fi1m 84, Other — [page](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Chilling Adventures of Sabrina* (2018), series, Director
- *Marvel's Cloak & Dagger* (2018), series, Director
- *Burden of Truth* (2018), series, Director
- *Marvel's Runaways* (2017), series, Director
- *Riverdale* (2017), series, Director
- *Incorporated* (2016), series, Director
- *The Expanse* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md)
- *Heroes Reborn* (2015), series, Director
- *Jack* (2013), Director
- *Vikings* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md)
- *Perception* (2012), series, Director
- *Saving Hope* (2012), series, Director
- *Rookie Blue* (2010), series, Director
- *V* (2009), series, Director
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *Defying Gravity* (2009), series, Director
- *Being Erica* (2009), series, Director
- *Crusoe* (2008), series, Director
- *Céline* (2008), Director
- *Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles* (2008), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles.md)
- *The House Next Door* (2006), Director
- *Eureka* (2006), series, Director
- *Surface* (2005), series, Director
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *Bones* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Tru Calling* (2003), series, Director
- *NCIS* (2003), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Las Vegas* (2003), series, Director
- *Dead Like Me* (2003), series, Director
- *Strange Frequency²* (2003), Director
- *Taken* (2002), series, Director
- *Birds of Prey* (2002), series, Director
- *Smallville* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *UC: Undercover* (2001), series, Director
- *The Agency* (2001), series, Director
- *Freedom* (2000), series, Director
- *The Fearing Mind* (2000), series, Director
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, Director
- *Dark Angel* (2000), series, Director
- *The Man Who Used to Be Me* (2000), Director
- *The Invisible Man* (2000), series, Director
- *Nightworld: Lost Souls* (1999), Director
- *Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business* (1998), Director
- *Power Play* (1998), series, Director
- *Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms* (1998), Director
- *Earth: Final Conflict* (1997), series, Director
- *Pensacola: Wings of Gold* (1997), series, Director
- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, Director
- *Once a Thief* (1996), series, Director
- *First Degree* (1995), Director
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, Director
- *Sliders* (1995), series, Director
- *Hawkeye (The First Frontier)* (1994), series, Director
- *North of 60* (1992), series, Director
- *African Skies* (1992), series, Director
- *Renegade* (1992), series, Director
- *Catwalk* (1992), series, Director
- *Silk Stalkings* (1991), series, Director
- *Lightning Force* (1991), series, Director
- *Street Justice* (1991), series, Director
- *Dracula: The Series* (1990), series, Director
- *Betrayal of Silence* (1988), Director
- *Moonstruck* (1987), as Other — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md)
- *Black Sash*, series, Director

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