Jane Campion
Known for
Directing
Born
April 30, 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Wellington, New Zealand
Biography
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 th...
Best known work
The Power of the Dog
2021
The Piano
1993
Sleeping Beauty
2011
Bright Star
2009
In the Cut
2003
Top of the Lake
2013
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
Holy Smoke
1999
An Angel at My Table
1990
To Each His Own Cinema
2007Filmography
2026
Big Girls Don't CryExecutive Producer
2026
The Natural StateExecutive Producer
2026
In Conversation with Jack MaurerExecutive Producer
2025
Ritratti di cinemaas Self
2025
Lion RockExecutive Producer
2025
The BrightnessExecutive Producer
2025
Citizen Bas Self
2024
The RoosterThanks
2023
Bad Behaviouras Doctor
2023
Typist Artist Pirate KingExecutive Producer
2022
2022
Jane Campion, The Cinema Womanas Herself
2022
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campionas Self - Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
2022
2021
The Power of the DogProducer, Writer, Director
2021
Short Cuts: The PianoOriginal Film Writer
2021
2020
Esther's ChoiceThanks
2018
'The Piano': 25 Years Onas Self
2018
TheyExecutive Producer
2017
Family HappinessExecutive Producer
2016
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossibleas Self (archive footage)
2015
The Legend of the Palme d'Oras Self
2014
2013
From the Bottom of the Lakeas herself