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Jane Campion Jane Campion i(A4543 works by)
Born: Established: 1954 Wellington, Wellington (Region), North Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region,
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Gender: Female
Heritage: New Zealander
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BiographyHistory

Jane Campion was born in Wellington, New Zealand. In 1975 she completed a degree in anthropology at Wellington's Victoria University. Then, majoring in painting, she completed a BA at the Sydney College of the Arts in 1979.

Campion studied at the Australian Film and Television School during the early 1980s. Her first short film, Peel (1982), won several awards, including the Palme D'or at the Cannes Film Festival. After completing several short films and one feature film during the 1980s, Campion attracted more attention with Angel at My Table (1990), an adaptation of the autobiographies of Janet Frame.

Her greatest critical and commercial success came with The Piano (1993), an intense and visually stunning tale of sexual politics in nineteenth century New Zealand. The film was highly acclaimed and was nominated for many awards in several categories. Campion won the Academy Award for best original screenplay and the film won the Palme D'Or at Cannes.

Since that success Campion has directed several films, including an adaptation of Henry James' Portrait of a Lady (1996) and Holy Smoke (1999), a film adapted from the novel on which she collaborated with her sister, Ann. The latter tells the story of an Australian family who attempts to rescue their daughter from the influence of an Indian guru.

Campion lives in Sydney where she continues to write and develop new film projects.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

1989 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Australian Film Institute Awards Byron Kennedy Award for her innovative, highly individual and uncompromising work in writing, producing and directing a body of outstanding films and television programmes which have gained recognition both in Australia and overseas.

Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon The Power of the Dog ( dir. Jane Campion ) United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) See Saw Films , 2021 16508049 2021 single work film/TV

The relationship between two brothers working a large ranch in Montana is thrown into conflict when one secretly marries a local widow.

2022 nominated British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards Adapted Screenplay
2022 winner British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards Best Director
2022 winner British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards Best Film
2022 nominated Academy Awards Best Adapted Screenplay
2022 winner Academy Awards Best Director
2022 nominated Academy Awards Best Picture
form y separately published work icon Birthday ( dir. Ariel Kleiman ) Australia : See Saw Films , 2017 13391721 2017 single work film/TV
2018 joint winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting With the documentary 'Deep Blue: The Real Story', written by Amanda Blue and Jacob Hickey.
form y separately published work icon Top of the Lake : Episode One ( dir. Jane Campion ) Sydney London : See Saw Films , 2013 7224765 2013 single work film/TV

The opening episode of the series.

2014 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
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