Jane Campion

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

22

Gender

Female

Birthday

1954-04-30 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Wellington, New Zealand

Jane Campion

Biography

Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion DNZM (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand screenwriter, producer, and director. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films The Piano (1993) and The Power of the Dog (2021), for which she won the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director, respectively. She is the second of five women ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director (and as of 2023 the only woman to be nominated twice in this category), and the first female filmmaker to receive the Palme d'Or. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Campion, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

  • Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

    Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

  • Variety Studio: Directors on Directors

    Variety Studio: Directors on Directors

  • A Special Day

    A Special Day

  • Cinefile: Reel Women

    Cinefile: Reel Women

  • Citizen B

    Citizen B

  • Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

    Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

  • Bad Behaviour

    Bad Behaviour

  • Mostra, Venise

    Mostra, Venise

  • From the Bottom of the Lake

    From the Bottom of the Lake

  • Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

    Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

  • Inside 'The Piano'

    Inside 'The Piano'

  • The Legend of the Palme d'Or

    The Legend of the Palme d'Or

  • Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

    Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

  • Jane Campion, The Cinema Woman

    Jane Campion, The Cinema Woman

  • Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog

    Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog

  • 'The Piano': 25 Years On

    'The Piano': 25 Years On

  • Jane Campion: The Film School Years

    Jane Campion: The Film School Years

  • The Audition

    The Audition

  • The Making of 'An Angel at My Table'

    The Making of 'An Angel at My Table'