Jane Campion

Jane Campion (born April 30, 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a film director. She is one of the most internationally successful New Zealand directors, although she claims not to identify closely with that country, and most of her work has been made in or financed by other countries, principally Australia??where she now lives??and the USA. Campion attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School early in its history, where she learned the craft that has resulted in a career that spans 14 films as director, three as producer and eight as writer.

Selected filmography

• In the Cut (2003)
• Holy Smoke (1999)
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996) - based on the novel by Henry James
• The Piano (1993)
• An Angel at My Table (1990) - based on the autobiography by Janet Frame
• Sweetie (1989)