Jane Campion Biography (1954-)

Born c. 1954, in Wellington, New Zealand; daughter of Richard (a director) and Edith (an actress) Campion; companion, Colin Englert; children: Jasper (deceased), Alice. Career: Director, screenwriter, producer, camera operator, editor, cinematographer and casting agent. Worked in short film medium and television in mid-1980s. Awards, Honors: Diploma of Merit, MelbourneFilm Festival, 1983, Palme d'Or, best short film, Cannes International Film Festival, 1986, and finalist for Greater Union Award, Australian Film Institute, all for Peel: An Exercise in Discipline; Rouben Mamoulian Award, best overall short film, Sydney Film Festival, 1984, Unique Artist Merit,Melbourne Film Festival, 1984, first prize cinestud, Amsterdam Film Festival,1985, and best direction, best screenplay, and best cinematography awards, Australian Film Institute, 1984, all for A Girl's Own Story; best experimental film, Australian Film Institute, 1984, Unique Artist Merit, Melbourne Film Festival, 1984, most popular short film, Sydney Film Festival, 1985, all for Passionless Moments; best short fiction award, Melbourne International Film Festival, and XL Elders Award, best short fiction, 1985, bothfor After Hours; Golden Plaque for Television, Chicago InternationalFilm Festival, and best director, best telemovie, and best screenplay awards,Australian Film Institute, 1987, all for Two Friends; Georges SadoulPrize, best foreign film, 1988, New Generation Award, Los Angeles Film Critics, 1990, and best Australian feature award and best director award, Australian Film Critics' Circle, both 1989, Spirit of Independence Award, best foreign film, 1990, all for Sweetie; Byron Kennedy Award, Critics Award,Toronto Film Festival, Spirit of Independence Award, best foreign film, OttoDebelius Prize, Berlin Film Festival international jury, Si Presci Award, best film from international critics, Elvira Notari Award, best woman director,Silver Lion and seven other prizes from Venice Film Festival, 1991, all for An Angel at My Table; Palme d'Or, Cannes International Film Festival, 1993, New York Film Critics' Circle Award, best direction and best screenplay writing, 1993, Academy Award, best original screenplay, Academy Awardnomination, best director, Golden Globe Award nominations, best director andbest screenplay, and Writers Guild Award, best screenplay written directly for the screen, 1994, all for The Piano; nominated for Golden Lion Award, Venice Film Festival, 1999, for Holy Smoke; lifetime achievement award, Women's Image Network, 2000. Addresses: Contact: c/o Hilary Linstead and Associates Pty Ltd., Level 18, Plaza II, 500 Oxford St., Bondi Junction NSW 2022 Australia.

Gender: Female
Occupation: Director, screenwriter, producer, camera operator, editor, cinematographer, casting agent
Birth Details: 1954; Wellington, New Zealand

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director, Except Where Indicated
Tissues,1981
And film editor, Peel: An Exercise in Discipline, Unexpected FilmCompany, 1982
Mishaps of Seduction and Conquest,1983
A Girl's Own Story, Unexpected Film Company, 1983
And producer, cinematographer, and camera operator, Passionless Moments, Unexpected Film Company, 1984
After Hours,1984
And casting, Sweetie, Avenue Pictures, 1989
An Angel at My Table(originally broadcast as a miniseries on Australian television; adaptation of New Zealand author Janet Frame's autobiography), Circle Releasing, 1990
The Piano, Miramax, 1993
The Portrait of a Lady, Gramercy Pictures, 1996
Executive producer, Soft Fruit,1999
Holy Smoke, Miramax, 1999
In the Cut,2001
Film Appearances
The Audition,1989

Television Work
Director
Two Friends, Australian Broadcasting Company, 1986
Television Appearances
Episodic
Conversations in World Cinema, Sundance Channel, 2000
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Peel: An Exercise in Discipline, Unexpected Film Company, 1982
A Girl's Own Story, Unexpected Film Company, 1983
Passionless Moments, Unexpected Film Company, 1984
After Hours,1984
(With L. Jones) An Angel at My Table(originally broadcast as a miniseries on Australian television; adaptation of New Zealand author Janet Frame's autobiography), Circle Releasing, 1990
(With Gerard Lee) Sweetie(based on Campion's idea), Avenue Pictures, 1989 published by University of Queensland Press (St. Lucia, Australia), 1991
The Piano, Miramax, 1993 published by Miramax Books (New York City), 1993
Holy Smoke, Miramax, 1999
In the Cut,2001
Film Songs
"Feel the Cold," A Girl's Own Story, Unexpected Film Company,1983
Teleplays
Two Friends, Australia Broadcasting Company, 1986
Books
(With Kate Pullinger) The Piano(novel), Hyperion (New York City),1994
(With Anna Campion) Holy Smoke(novel), Hyperion, 1999
Wexman, Virginia Wright (editor), Jane Campion: Interviews,University Press of Mississippi, 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Authors, Volume 138, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1993.

Periodicals:

Vanity Fair, pp. 210-14, 229-30. December, 1996
Washington Post,. March 4, 1990

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