Jane Campion
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 30, 1954, Wellington, New Zealand
- Movies
- 39
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.
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Ritratti di cinema | Self |
| 2025 | Citizen B | Self |
| 2023 | Bad Behaviour | Doctor |
| 2022 | Jane Campion, The Cinema Woman | Herself |
| 2022 | Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog | |
| 2018 | 'The Piano': 25 Years On | Self |
| 2016 | Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | The Legend of the Palme d'Or | Self |
| 2013 | From the Bottom of the Lake | herself |
| 2012 | A Special Day | Self |
| 2002 | The Making of 'An Angel at My Table' | Self |
| 2000 | Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema | Self |
| 1997 | Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady | Self |
| 1995 | Cinefile: Reel Women | Self |
| 1993 | Inside 'The Piano' | Self |
| 1990 | The Audition | Daughter |
| 1989 | Jane Campion: The Film School Years | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog | Producer, Writer, Director |
| 2009 | Bright Star | Writer, Director |
| 2008 | 8 | Director, Writer |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | Director |
| 2007 | The Lady Bug | Director |
| 2006 | The Water Diary | Director, Writer |
| 2006 | Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story | Producer |
| 2005 | Le court des grands | Director |
| 2003 | In the Cut | Director, Screenplay |
| 1999 | Holy Smoke | Screenplay, Director |
| 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady | Director |
| 1993 | The Piano | Director, Writer |
| 1990 | An Angel at My Table | Director |
| 1989 | Sweetie | Director, Screenplay |
| 1986 | Two Friends | Director |
| 1985 | After Hours | Director, Screenplay |
| 1984 | A Girl's Own Story | Director, Writer |
| 1984 | Mishaps of Seduction and Conquest | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | Passionless Moments | Director, Producer |
| 1983 | Peel | Director, Writer |
| 1980 | Tissues | Director |
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