Rob Stanton Bowman (; born May 15, 1960) is an American film director and producer. He grew up around film and television production, and developed an interest in the field because of the work of his father, director
Chuck Bowman. Bowman is a prolific director for television, and has contributed to series such as
Star Trek: The Next Generation, and
The X-Files, for which he received four consecutive
Emmy nominations as a producer. He is an executive producer and director for the
comedy-drama Castle.