Jane Campion


(NAME&PURVIEW)


Jane Campion - Screenwriter, Producer, Director


(QUOTE)

"I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world. Without them writing and being directors, the rest of us are not going to know the whole story."


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Biography

(EARLY LIFE)

30 April 1954 (60)
Wellington, New Zealand

Jane Campion was born in Wellington, New Zealand. Her parents have a job which related to the film industry, for example, her father is a theater and opera directer, and her mother is a writer and actor. At first, she graduated form Victoria University with bachelor degree in Anthropology. Then she focused on studying painting and earned a bachelor’s degree in painting at Sydney College of the Arts while travelling Europe a few years. She worked at the Australian Women’s Film Unit, and began to make some short films from late 1970s. Her primary works “Two Friends”(1986) and “Sweetie”(1989) show her talented and sensible sense to the audience by treating human life. “The Piano”(1993) is the most successful film in her career. It is a romantic drama film about a widow piano player who will not speak and a man who cannot listen. “The Piano” gave 3 Awards to Jane Campion, so she was regarded as one of the great film director from New Zealand.



(CURRENT PERSONAL LIFE)


Jane Campion becomes one of the notable female film director by “The Piano”. After that, she released some films such as “The Portrait of a Lady”(1996) with Nikole Kidman, “Holy Smoke!”(1999), “In the Cut”(2003). Her latest film “Bright Star”(2009) was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. She widen her appeal like the head of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival 2013, and she has already announced again for Cannes Festival 2014. In her personal life, she has a daughter named Alice Englert who plays in ”Ginger and Rosa”(2012) and “Beautiful Creatures”(2013).




(IMPORTANT JOBS)


2013 Top of the Lake (Series #1.1-7 episodes written and created by Jane Campion)
2009 Bright Star
2003 In the Cut
1999 Holy Smoke
1993 The Piano
1989 Sweetie


(IMPORTANT EVENTS)


Jane Campion won 3 Awards for “The Piano” from 1993 Cannes Film Festival, the Australian Film Institute and an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.


(AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS)

(I) ACADEMIC AWARDS


  • BA in Anthropology , Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
  • BA in Painting at Sydney College of the Arts, Australia

(II) BOOKS



(III) AWARDS OF NOTE

Jane Campion have 50 wins and 28 nominations








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(DESCRIPTION/SUMMERY OF VIDEO)


This video is Jane Campion's speech when she won the Academy Awards Best Screenplay in 1994. She expressed great appreciation to people who supported her.


(CONTRIBUTION TO NEW ZEALAND)


Jane Campion is one of the most famous and talented female filmmaker not only in New Zealand but also in the world. She has an opinion and idea about women's situation around the world. The audience are able to get what Jane thinks about that from her films. 


Written by Yurie Yamaura

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