Jane campion She was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in April 1954. Her mother was the New Zealand actress who died in 2007, Edith campion. I study in the Victoria University of where he received a BA in Anthropology in 1975; later he studied and completed a postgraduate degree in painting at the WellingtonSydney College of the Arts.
Campion received classes in the Australian Film Television and Radio School. In it he acquired the knowledge that has allowed him to have a film career in which he has directed 14 films, has produced three and has written eight.
His first short film “Peel“(1982), won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1986. Other shorts of his creation include “Passionless Moments“(1983),”A Girl’s Own Story“(1984) and”Friends“(1986) (TV), all of which won Australian and international awards.
He wrote and directed his first feature film “Sweety“In 1989, he was multi-awarded in Australia and the United States.
TO “Sweety” he followed “An angel at my table“(1990) a dramatization based on the autobiography of the writer Janet frame, which also won several awards, including the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
International recognition came to him with his film “The piano“(1993). With this film he won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival 1993 and the award for best director of the Australian Film Institute. The film -that tells the story of Ada (Holly hunter), a mute woman who together with her daughter (Anna Paquin) and his piano travel to New Zealand attending to a marriage proposal-, he would also monopolize the attention of the North American critics being awarded with a Oscar to the best cinematographic script. Campion was the second director nominated for Oscar for the best address in the history of the Academy.
The work of Campion it has since tried to mobilize public opinion. In 1996 he directed the film “Portrait of a lady“based on the novel by Henry James, and starring Nicole Kidman, John malkovich Y Viggo Mortensen.
On “Holy smoke“(1999) reunited Campion with Harvey Keitel (they had previously worked together on “The piano“), this time with the female protagonism of Kate winslet.
His next film, “In the cut“(2003), is an erotic thriller based on the bestseller of the writer Susanna moore, which provided Meg ryan the opportunity to disengage from family film roles.
He is currently working on the film project “8“, a compilation of 8 short films directed by 8 directors (including Gael Garcia Bernal, Gus Van Sant, Wim wenders) telling stories and opinions about the progress and challenges facing our planet.
For 2009 it is expected “Bright star“, a film written and directed by her that will address the romance of the 19th century poet, John keats with Fanny brawne, once again exploiting the vast and tangled universe of human relationships.
Jane campion He usually lives in Sydney, Australia. In 1992 she married the assistant director Colin englert, with whom he had a son.