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Edith Campion (mother) Signature. Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion DNZM (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. [1] 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 (including Best Director for the latter), two BAFTA ...
Jane Campion is a New Zealand-born filmmaker who won the Palme d'Or for The Piano and the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. IMDb provides her detailed biography, filmography, awards, photos, videos and contact info.
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Jun 21, 2024 · Jane Campion (born April 30, 1954, Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand director and screenwriter whose films often focus on women who are outsiders in society. Her notable movies include The Piano (1993) and The Power of the Dog (2021). For her work on the latter drama, Campion became just the third woman to win an Academy Award for best ...
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Nov 16, 2021 · Campion’s gift is showing the chaotic mix of wounding and care in human activity, and how the terrifying moment of being opened to both possibilities is an experience of the sublime. They lived ...
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- The Piano (1993) It was impossible to follow up The Piano. It made Jane Campion the first woman to ever win the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
- The Power of the Dog (2021) Almost 10 years to the day after her last film premiered at Cannes, Jane Campion’s return to the movies was announced. Two years later, The Power of the Dog premiered to critical raves, racking up countless awards and reinforcing Campion’s reputation as a master filmmaker.
- Sweetie (1989) There’s something queasily prescient about Sweetie, Campion’s caustic, darkly comic debut. The titular Sweetie (Genevieve Lemon) is a childish, unstable thirty-something with delusions of stardom, whose coddled upbringing turned her into a tyrant.
- An Angel at My Table (1990) An Angel at My Table was Campion’s first trip into the past, which she’s returned to often over her career. By making period pieces, her feminist eye and fascination with power dynamics allow her to explore different facets of history, from the perspective of those who might have been otherwise ignored.
Learn about the life and career of Jane Campion, the first woman to win the Palme D'Or at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Find out her achievements, awards, family, trivia and quotes on IMDb.
Mar 28, 2022 · Jane Campion has won this year's best director Oscar for helming the Western drama The Power of the Dog. She is now the third director who is a woman to win an Oscar, following Kathryn Bigelow (in ...
