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Jane Campion

1954 - Today

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Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. 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 (including Best Director for the latter), two BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe 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. Campion is a groundbreaking female director, as of 2022 the only woman to be nominated twice for Academy Award for Best Director (winning once), and the first female filmmaker to receive the Palme d'Or (for The Piano, which also won her the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Campion is the 261st most popular film director (up from 329th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 18th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular New Zealander Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jane Campion ranks 261 out of 2,041. Before her are Shohei Imamura, Jacques Becker, Peter Bogdanovich, John Sturges, Mike Nichols, and Sven Nykvist. After her are Roger Corman, Jean Epstein, Gus Van Sant, Claude Sautet, Rouben Mamoulian, and Douglas Sirk.

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Among people born in 1954, Jane Campion ranks 75. Before her are Yanni, Michael Moore, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Uli Stielike, Ilan Ramon, and David Keith. After her are Prince Ernst August of Hanover, James Pickens Jr., Lee Child, Stevie Ray Vaughan, J. Michael Straczynski, and Kailash Satyarthi.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Jane Campion ranks 13 out of 303. Before her are Alan MacDiarmid (1927), Katherine Mansfield (1888), Denny Hulme (1936), Rosé (1997), Anthony Wilding (1883), and William Phillips (1914). After her are Patsy Reddy (1954), Lucy Lawless (1968), Kiri Te Kanawa (1944), Chris Amon (1943), John Walker (1952), and Bruce Spence (1945).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In New Zealand

Among film directors born in New Zealand, Jane Campion ranks 2. Before her are Peter Jackson (1961). After her are Martin Campbell (1943), Andrew Niccol (1964), Fran Walsh (1959), Rupert Julian (1879), Lee Tamahori (1950), Andrew Adamson (1966), Geoff Murphy (1938), Niki Caro (1967), and Andrew Dominik (1967).

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