---
name: "Jan Chapman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jan-chapman"
fi1m_id: "jan-chapman"
imdb_id: "nm0152396"
tmdb_id: 10758
wikidata_id: "Q3161628"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "28 March 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T01:05:11.763134+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jan Chapman

## Identity

Jan Chapman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jan-chapman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jan-chapman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0152396
- **TMDB ID:** 10758
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3161628
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Chapman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161628, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152396/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10758

Producer. Born 28 March 1950 in Newcastle, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 28 March 1950, Newcastle, Australia
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jane Campion](https://film.one/person/jane-campion.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 80 (2), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $71m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Chapman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161628, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152396/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10758

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Lantana*](https://film.one/film/lantana.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jan Chapman is an Australian film producer. Born on 28 March 1950 in Newcastle, New South Wales, she began working in independent films while studying at Sydney University in the late 1960s. She later produced television drama at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, including the series *Sweet and Sour* (1984) and the miniseries *Come In Spinner* (1990).

Chapman moved into feature films in the early 1990s. Her credits include *The Last Days of Chez Nous* (1992), *The Piano* (1993), *Love Serenade* (1996), *Holy Smoke* (1999), *Lantana* (2001) and *Bright Star* (2009), several in collaboration with director Jane Campion. She has also served as executive producer on films including *Somersault* (2004) and *Babyteeth* (2020).

She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for *The Piano* and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2004 for services to the Australian film industry.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bfi.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Babyteeth* (2020), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/babyteeth.md)
- *Bright Star* (2009), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bright-star.md)
- *Lantana* (2001), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/lantana.md)
- *The Piano* (1993), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Babyteeth* (2020), Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/babyteeth.md)
- *The Daughter* (2015), Producer
- *Florence Has Left the Building* (2014), Thanks
- *Griff the Invisible* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Bright Star* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/bright-star.md)
- *Hope* (2008), Actor
- *Suburban Mayhem* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Somersault* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Lantana* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lantana.md)
- *Walk the Talk* (2000), Producer
- *Holy Smoke* (1999), Producer
- *Love Serenade* (1996), Producer
- *The Piano* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano.md)
- *The Last Days of Chez Nous* (1992), Producer
- *The Lizard King* (1988), Producer
- *Two Friends* (1986), Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1994: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Piano*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Officer of the Order of Australia 2004: Officer of the Order of Australia (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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