Jane Campion
Director
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Bad Behaviour
as Doctor 2023
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
as Narrator (voice) 2022
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
as Self 2015
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
as Self 1997
A Special Day
as Self 2012
Jane Campion, The Cinema Woman
as Herself 2022
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
as Self (archive footage) 2016
Cinefile: Reel Women
as Self 1995
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
2022
From the Bottom of the Lake
as herself 2013
The Audition
as Daughter 1990
The Making of 'An Angel at My Table'
as Self 2002
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
as Self 2000
Jane Campion: The Film School Years
as Self 1989
Inside 'The Piano'
as Self 1993
'The Piano': 25 Years On
as Self 2018
Citizen B
as Self 2025