Jane Campion

Jane Campion

1954-04-30 Wellington, New Zealand 51 Credits

Biography

Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion DNZM (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand screenwriter, producer, and director. 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 won the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director, respectively. She is the second of five women ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director (and as of 2023 the only woman to be nominated twice in this category), and the ...

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Citizen B

Citizen B

2025

as Self

Acting

Documentary on Ciby 2000, the French film production company founded by Francis Bouygues in 1990.

The Rooster

The Rooster

2024

Thanks

5.4

When the body of his oldest friend is found buried in a shallow grave, Dan, a small-town cop, seeks answers from a volatile hermit who was the last pe...

Bad Behaviour

Bad Behaviour

2023

as Doctor

5.0
Acting

Lucy, a former child actor, seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon while she navigates her close yet turbulent relationship wit...

Typist Artist Pirate King

Typist Artist Pirate King

2023

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

In a last-ditch mission to get recognition for her talent, Audrey Amiss (Monica Dolan) persuades her psychiatric nurse, Sandra Panza (Kelly Macdonald)...

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

2023

as Self (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

Over the years, Nicole Kidman, Oscar and two-time Emmy Award winner, became both a pop culture icon & a complex dramatic actress. Her career is a uniq...

Jane Campion, The Cinema Woman

Jane Campion, The Cinema Woman

2022

as Herself

8.0
Acting

Director Julie Bertuccelli paints Jane Campion’s portrait with great precision, humor and admiration, telling the tale of the first-ever woman to win ...

Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

2022

as Narrator (voice)

6.1
Acting

Get a rare glimpse into the creative process of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jane Campion as she shares her memories of making "The Power of the Do...

Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

2022

Executive Producer

6.1
Producing

Get a rare glimpse into the creative process of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jane Campion as she shares her memories of making "The Power of the Do...

Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog

Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog

2022

Acting

Take a deep dive into the film critics are crowning the year's best, Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog. An exploration of complex masculinity, secre...

The Power of the Dog

The Power of the Dog

2021

Producer, Writer, Director

6.8
Producing Writing Directing

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

Short Cuts: The Piano

Short Cuts: The Piano

2021

Original Film Writer

6.5
Writing

Jane Campion's "The Piano", Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1993, retold in a single minute of animation by Inés Sedan.

Esther's Choice

Esther's Choice

2020

Thanks

Esther, a film composer going through a dry spell, moves in with her boyfriend Michael only to find out that he still keeps his Ex-girlfriend's belong...

'The Piano': 25 Years On

'The Piano': 25 Years On

2018

as Self

Acting

In this conversation, director Jane Campion and producer Jan Chapman reminisce about their journey through the making of 'The Piano'. It was shot in 2...

They

They

2018

Executive Producer

4.6
Producing

J is in their early teens and lives in the countryside. J has been diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder, goes by the selected pronoun “they”, and t...

Family Happiness

Family Happiness

2017

Executive Producer

Producing

A story about small cruelties, adult bullying, and the power of a brothers unconditional love for his complex little sister.

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

2016

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Actors Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Monia Chokri, Gaspard Ulliel, Vincent Cassel, Niels Schneider and Melvil Poupaud discuss working with the young C...

The Legend of the Palme d'Or

The Legend of the Palme d'Or

2015

as Self

6.0
Acting

From Martin Scorsese to Jane Campion, from Emir Kusturica to Quentin Tarantino, some of the greatest recipients of this trophy recall special moments ...

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Florence Has Left the Building

Florence Has Left the Building

2014

Thanks

5.0

Its the annual Christmas Eve concert at the Marigold House Assisted Living Facility. All her friends are dying and Florence wants out. When the facili...

From the Bottom of the Lake

2013

as herself

Acting

The creative process at the heart of creating TV series Top of the Lake (2013). From the writing process with long-time collaborator Gerard Lee to sho...

A Special Day

A Special Day

2012

as Self

6.0
Acting

At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

2011

Thanks

5.3

A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.

Bright Star

Bright Star

2009

Director, Writer

6.6
Directing Writing

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her f...

8

8

2008

Director, Writer

5.2
Directing Writing

8 shorts centered around 8 themes directed by 8 famous film directors involved and sharing their opinion on progress, on the set-backs and the challen...

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

Director

6.5
Directing

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmak...

The Lady Bug

The Lady Bug

2007

Director

Directing

A friendly lady-bug takes over a movie theater to present a show.

The Water Diary

The Water Diary

2006

Director, Writer

7.2
Directing Writing

A story through a child's eyes about living through a drought.

Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story

Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story

2006

Producer

5.7
Producing

A documentary on a 13-year-old Japanese girl abducted by North Korean spies.

Le court des grands

Le court des grands

2005

Director

8.0
Directing

A program of debut shorts from some of cinema's greatest diectors. Curated by Emir Kusturica and Stephen Frears, featured auteurs include George Lucas...

In the Cut

In the Cut

2003

Director, Screenplay

5.1
Directing Writing

Following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, an English teacher living in New York City — as if to test the limits of her own s...

The Making of 'An Angel at My Table'

The Making of 'An Angel at My Table'

2002

as Self

Acting

This documentary provides a glimpse into the making of Jane Campion's 1990 film.

Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

2000

as Self

Acting

The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras. Some, such as Agnès V...

Soft Fruit

Soft Fruit

1999

Executive Producer

4.0
Producing

For the first time in 15 years, all four siblings in a family show up to care for their dying mother, who is only given a couple of weeks to live. One...

Holy Smoke

Holy Smoke

1999

Director, Screenplay

5.7
Directing Writing

While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate ...

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

1997

as Self

7.5
Acting

A documentary about the making of Jane Campion's 'The Portrait of a Lady'.

The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

1996

Director

6.0
Directing

Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill fathe...

Cinefile: Reel Women

Cinefile: Reel Women

1995

as Self

Acting

Interviews with women directors working in Hollywood and Europe in the early 1990s, exploring the opportunities and obstacles that face them. A progra...

The Piano

The Piano

1993

Director, Screenplay

7.4
Directing Writing

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a batt...

Inside 'The Piano'

Inside 'The Piano'

1993

as Self

Acting

This 1993 program about the making of 'The Piano' features interviews with director Jane Campion; actors Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, and Sam Neill; a...

An Angel at My Table

An Angel at My Table

1990

Director

7.0
Directing

Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the author at various stage of her life. Afflicted with ...

The Audition

The Audition

1990

as Daughter

Acting

When Jane, a film director, auditions her mother for a role in her latest television series she tries to keep their relationship professional. But her...

Sweetie

Sweetie

1989

Screenplay, Director, Casting

6.1
Writing Directing

The buttoned-down, superstitious Kay is attempting to lead a normal existence with her new boyfriend Louis. That’s until Sweetie, her rampaging, devil...

Jane Campion: The Film School Years

Jane Campion: The Film School Years

1989

as Self

Acting

This conversation between critic Peter Thompson and Jane Campion took place in 1989, following the success of Campion's short films. It was produced f...

Two Friends

Two Friends

1986

Director

5.9
Directing

The story of the end of a friendship between two teenage girls, told backwards over the course of nine months.

After Hours

After Hours

1985

Director, Screenplay, Camera Operator

5.8
Directing Writing

The difficulty of separating sexual fantasy and reality becomes apparent in an investigation of an alleged sexual harassment case.

A Girl's Own Story

A Girl's Own Story

1984

Director, Writer

5.4
Directing Writing

This early short from director Jane Campion concerns a group of teenage girls in the 1960s.

Getting Wet

Getting Wet

1984

First Assistant Director

Directing

Fifteen year old Alex and his older brother, Michael, both like the same girl, who has worked in their family pub for years. When she accompanies the ...

Mishaps of Seduction and Conquest

Mishaps of Seduction and Conquest

1984

Director, Writer

6.0
Directing Writing

Early short film by Jane Campion.

Passionless Moments

Passionless Moments

1983

Director, Director of Photography, Camera Operator

6.1
Directing Writing Producing

A series of the awkward trials of everyday living.

Peel

Peel

1983

Director, Editor, Writer

5.8
Directing Writing

A family drive in the countryside turns into a battle of wills between a young boy and his father and aunt.

Tissues

Tissues

1980

Director

Directing

Jane Campions first short film (Sydney College of the Arts)