Jane Campion

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 first female filmmaker to receive the Palme d'Or. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Campion, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Citizen B

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

Release Date:2025-01-17

Character:Self

Bad Behaviour

Lucy, a former child actor, seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon while she navigates her close yet turbulent relationship with her stunt-performer daughter, Dylan.

Release Date:2023-11-02

Character:Doctor

Vote Count:19

Typist Artist Pirate King

The growing friendship between two women as they hit the road in an electric car looking for endings and reconciliation.

Release Date:2023-10-27

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:5

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

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 unique body of work that mirrors her personal life, which is more political than it might seem.

Release Date:2023-09-10

Character:Self (archive footage)

Vote Count:9

Mostra, Venise

Release Date:2022-09-01

Character:Self - "Tapis Rouge" Guest

Episode Count:1

Jane Campion, The Cinema Woman

Director Julie Bertuccelli paints Jane Campion’s portrait with great precision, humor and admiration, telling the tale of the first-ever woman to win the Palme d’Or in 1993.

Release Date:2022-05-17

Character:Herself

Vote Count:1

Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

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 Dog."

Release Date:2022-01-27

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Character:Narrator (voice)

Vote Count:14

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

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, secret passion and the taming of the west, the cast and crew — including stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee — pull back the veil on craft details, performance particulars and Campion's triumphant return to the big screen after 12 long years.

Release Date:2022-01-26

The Power of the Dog

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.

Release Date:2021-10-25

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:2703

Short Cuts: The Piano

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

Release Date:2021-05-08

Department:Writing

Job:Original Film Writer

Vote Count:2

Variety Studio: Directors on Directors

PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of directors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.

Release Date:2021-03-03

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Esther's Choice

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 belongings in his closet. What follows is an emotional roller coaster of a film exploring the great lengths an artist chooses to go to for the sake of inspiration.

Release Date:2020-10-15

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

'The Piano': 25 Years On

In this conversation, director Jane Campion and producer Jan Chapman reminisce about their journey through the making of 'The Piano'. It was shot in 2018 at Karekare Beach in New Zealand, one of the film's locations.

Release Date:2018-07-16

Character:Self

They

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 takes hormone blockers to suspend puberty. While J’s parents are away, their older sister and her Iranian boyfriend are assigned the duties of house-sitting and looking after J.

Release Date:2018-05-15

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:36

Family Happiness

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

Release Date:2017-10-09

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

Actors Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Monia Chokri, Gaspard Ulliel, Vincent Cassel, Niels Schneider and Melvil Poupaud discuss working with the young Canadian director Xavier Dolan, who has conquered the hearts of both cinema lovers and prestigious festival juries with his films. To French actress Nathalie Baye, he seems very experienced despite his young age, while Cannes Director Thierry Frémaux says he may be insolent, but everyone agrees he is passionate, creative, a perfectionist and... in a hurry.

Release Date:2016-09-20

Character:Self (archive footage)

Vote Count:1

The Legend of the Palme d'Or

From Martin Scorsese to Jane Campion, from Emir Kusturica to Quentin Tarantino, some of the greatest recipients of this trophy recall special moments relating to the award ceremony which closes the Cannes Film Festival. This film brings to light moving and personal stories, as surprising as they are varied, which all contribute to further enhancing the legend of the Palme d’Or.

Release Date:2015-05-20

Character:Self

Vote Count:6

And the Oscar Goes To...

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 itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.

Release Date:2014-02-01

Character:Self (archive footage)

Vote Count:52

Florence Has Left the Building

Its the annual Christmas Eve concert at the Marigold House Assisted Living Facility. All her friends are dying and Florence wants out. When the facility double books two rival Elvis impersonators, Florence takes the opportunity for one last hurrah.

Release Date:2014-01-08

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:2

From the Bottom of the Lake

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 shooting in New Zealand, filmmaker Jane Campion struggles and rises to the occasion.

Release Date:2013-09-18

Character:herself

Top of the Lake

A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.

Release Date:2013-03-18

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:350

A Special Day

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

Release Date:2012-05-16

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

Release Date:2011-09-03

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:59

Sleeping Beauty

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

Release Date:2011-06-10

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:619

Bright Star

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 family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.

Release Date:2009-09-18

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:453

8

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 challenges our planet faces today.

Release Date:2008-10-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:15

To Each His Own Cinema

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 filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

Release Date:2007-10-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:138

The Lady Bug

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

Release Date:2007-05-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The Water Diary

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

Release Date:2006-06-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4

Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story

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

Release Date:2006-01-22

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:3

Le court des grands

A program of short films from some of the cinema's greatest diectors. Curated by Emir Kusturica and Stephen Frears. - George Lucas "1.42.08 to Qualify" (1966) - Ridley Scott "A Boy and a Bicycle" (1965) - Robert Zemeckis "The Lift" (1972) - Tony Scott "One of the Missing" (1969) - Emir Kusturica "Guernica" (1978) - Luc Besson "L'avant dernier" (1981) - Lars von Trier "Nocturne" (1980) - Terry Gilliam "Storytime" (1968) - Paul Verhoeven "A Lizzard Too Much" (1960) - Roman Polanski "Le gros et le maigre" (1960) - Jane Campion "Peel" (1982) - Stephen Frears "The Burning" (1967)

Release Date:2005-11-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

In the Cut

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 safety —propels herself into an impossibly risky sexual liaison with a police detective.

Release Date:2003-10-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:425

The Making of 'An Angel at My Table'

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

Release Date:2002-12-31

Character:Self

Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras. Some, such as Agnès Varda and Catherine Breillat (both from France), have been making films for decades in a conscious effort to provide an alternative to the male filmmaking model; others, such as Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia) and Carine Adler (England), are relative newcomers to directing, and their approaches seem more personal and less political. The film as a whole manages to cover some important topics in the feminist debate about film -- how does one construct a female gaze, how can one film nude bodies without objectifying the actors (of either sex), what constitutes a strong female role -- while also making it clear that “women’s film” comprises as many different approaches to filmmaking as there are female filmmakers.

Release Date:2000-07-09

Character:Self

Soft Fruit

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 comes from America with her two children. A divorced sister also comes with her child and sneaks off regularly to meet a mystery man who may be her ex-husband. The third & youngest daughter is an unmarried nurse aware of her ticking biological clock. The only son chases after his grumpy father who seems to not care a whit about his wife's circumstances. The four are also faced my their mother's dreams to accomplish a few things before she dies - to visit a beach she had visited in the past, to see her youngest married, and to visit Paris. She also wants to be embalmed and be honored with a 21 gun salute. Thus the whole group has to set off in the quest to fulfill their mother's wishes.

Release Date:1999-10-28

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:2

Holy Smoke

While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.

Release Date:1999-09-04

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:205

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

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

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

Release Date:1985-07-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4

A Girl's Own Story

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

Release Date:1984-06-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:27

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

Release Date:1980-06-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent has fundamentally advanced the film art; whose accomplishments have been acknowledged by scholars, critics, professional peers and the general public; and whose work has stood the test of time.

Release Date:1973-04-02

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:3

The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Release Date:1953-03-19

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:65