Jane Campion
Known for DirectingBorn 1954-04-30Wellington, New Zealand
Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion DNZM (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. Best known for her feature films with themes of rebellion and often featuring women in leading roles who are outsiders in society, Campion is regarded as one of the prominent female filmmakers in women's cinema.
Campion made her film debut in Sweetie (1989) and continues to direct feminist films, including An Angel at My Table (1990), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), Holy Smoke! (1998), and Bright Star (2009). 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 has received two Academy Awards altogether. She also co-created the television series Top of the Lake (2013) and received numerous Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
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Her accolades include two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Palme d'Or (both feature and short), a Silver Lion award, a Directors Guild of America Award, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards. Campion was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM) in the 2016 New Year Honours, for services to film.
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Known for
Ritratti di cinema
2025 · as Self
Inside 'The Piano'
1993 · as Self
Bad Behaviour
2023 · as Doctor
A Special Day
2012 · as Self
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015 · as Self
Citizen B
2025 · as Self
From the Bottom of the Lake
2013 · as herself
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
1997 · as Self
Cinefile: Reel Women
1995 · as Self
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
2022 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Jane Campion, The Cinema Woman
2022 · as Herself
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016 · as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'An Angel at My Table'
2002 · as Self
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
2000 · as Self
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
2022
The Audition
1990 · as Daughter
'The Piano': 25 Years On
2018 · as Self
Jane Campion: The Film School Years
1989 · as Self