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name: "Kate Woods"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kate-woods"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T22:48:05.809187+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."
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# Kate Woods

Director. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 2004–2013
- **Works often with:** Andrew Bernstein, Colin Bucksey, David Semel, Félix Alcalá, Keith Gordon, Stephen Semel

## Biography

Kate Woods is an Australian film and television director. She began her career in Australia, becoming the first woman to direct for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1984. She directed episodes of series including *Phoenix*, *GP* and *Janus*, and made her feature film debut with *Looking for Alibrandi* (2000).

Woods moved to the United States in 2005. She has directed episodes of numerous American series, including *House* (2004), *Person of Interest* (2011), *Rectify* (2013), *Bones*, *Suits*, *Castle*, *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* and *The Umbrella Academy* (2019). Her Australian credits include six episodes of the miniseries *Changi* (2001).

Woods received the Australian Directors' Guild Michael Carson Award for Excellence in Television Drama Direction in 2008. Her feature *Looking for Alibrandi* won five Australian Film Institute awards, including Best Film.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *House* (2004), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Rectify* (2013), Director
- *Person of Interest* (2011), Director

## Also known for

- *The Umbrella Academy* (2019), Director
- *Suits* (2011), Director
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Director
- *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2013), Director
- *Bones* (2005), Director
- *Blindspot* (2015), Director
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), Director
- *Castle* (2009), Director

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