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Jane Campion
Directing The Piano and The Power of the Dog.
An Angel at My Table · The Piano
- Born
- 30 April 1954
- Birthplace
- Wellington, New Zealand
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Jane Campion
Jane Campion is a New Zealand filmmaker whose stories often examine desire, constraint and unequal power.
Early life
Theatre family
Her parents worked in theatre in New Zealand.
Art and film study
Studied anthropology and painting before training at an Australian film school.
Career
- 1980s
Short films and features
Gained recognition for Peel and began directing features.
- 1993
The Piano
Won the Palme d’Or and an original-screenplay Oscar.
- 2010s
Television
Co-created the series Top of the Lake.
- 2021–2022
The Power of the Dog
Won the directing Oscar.
Selected work
An Angel at My Table
Adapted Janet Frame’s autobiographical writing.
The Piano
Followed a woman whose music carries what speech does not.
The Power of the Dog
Examined masculinity, repression and control on a ranch.
Beyond directing
Visual art
Her painting background informs her attention to composition.
Family
Her daughter Alice Englert also became an actor and filmmaker.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Academy Awards: 2022 ceremony ↗Photo: 9EkieraM1. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
