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Jane Campion

Filmmaker

Jane Campion grew up in New Zealand. She studied film and television in Australia, her first short films gaining international attention. In 1989 she made her first feature film, Sweetie; she won an Oscar for the screenplay of her 1993 film The Piano. She also directed The Portrait of a Lady (1996, with Nicole Kidman), Holy Smoke (1999, with Kate Winslet) and In the Cut (2003, with Mark Ruffalo) .

Four Good Links

Review: Jane Campion: Interviews

Book review that discusses Campion's work in some detail

Piano

Fan site devoted to the movie, with a profile of Campion's career

Jane Campion

Article about Campion's film version of The Portrait of a Lady

Jane Campion

Filmography and biographical profile

Vital Stats

Birth

30 April 1954
(age 54)

Birthplace

Waikanae, New Zealand

Death

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Best Known As

The writer and director of The Piano