---
name: "Jane Campion"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jane-campion"
fi1m_id: "jane-campion"
imdb_id: "nm0001005"
tmdb_id: 10757
wikidata_id: "Q230448"
roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"]
born: "30 April 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "director"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T00:28:11.795342+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."
---

# Jane Campion

## Identity

Jane Campion

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jane-campion
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jane-campion
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001005
- **TMDB ID:** 10757
- **Wikidata ID:** Q230448
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Campion, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230448, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10757

Director and writer. Born 30 April 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 30 April 1954, Wellington, New Zealand
- **Active:** 1990–present
- **Also known as:** 简·坎皮恩
- **Frequently works with:** [Holly Hunter](https://film.one/person/holly-hunter.md), [Jan Chapman](https://film.one/person/jan-chapman.md), [Kerry Fox](https://film.one/person/kerry-fox.md), [Laura Jones](https://film.one/person/laura-jones.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 3 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as director, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (3), 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 83 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Romance 3, Crime 1, History 1, Mystery 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $75m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Campion, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230448, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10757

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*An Angel at My Table*](https://film.one/film/an-angel-at-my-table.md) (87)
- **Netflix:** [*The Power of the Dog*](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md) (84)
- **Disney+:** [*Top of the Lake*](https://film.one/tv/top-of-the-lake.md) (82)

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

## Fi1m on Jane Campion

> Jane Campion gives difficult women time to be understood without requiring them to become agreeable. We value her patience and her attention to gesture, though the telling can be uneven when she moves between episodes too quickly.

In *An Angel at My Table* (1990), a child’s embarrassment is allowed to last long enough for us to feel how hard being among other people can be. We were moved by Alexia Keogh’s young Janet Frame because Campion takes that discomfort seriously, rather than hurrying towards the writer she will become. There is no demand that Janet charm us before we spend time with her. Campion makes her intelligence and her awkwardness equally worth watching. This is the work that makes us recommend her so warmly.

Screenwriter Laura Jones, adapting Frame’s autobiographies, helps by refusing to make every incident announce its importance. Campion gives childhood anxiety the attention a more conventional biography might reserve for a decisive achievement, and lets humour prevent the solemnity from becoming oppressive. The casting of Keogh and Karen Fergusson, who plays Janet in adolescence, sustains a recognisable watchfulness without making one performance a copy of the other. Our reservation is with the brief episodes: some finish just as we have begun to settle into them. We want to stay longer with these people, which makes the interruption frustrating.

Her feature debut, *Sweetie* (1989), had already put unconventional women and family life at the centre. *The Piano* (1993) brought international recognition, pursuing her interest in desire through performance and images. Those concerns persist, but her patience with a character does not always make for a persuasive story. The plotting of *The Portrait of a Lady* (1996) can feel contrived, despite its sustained interest in a woman’s independence.

*Bright Star* (2009) keeps that interest in female experience within an intimate period romance. With writer and co-director Gerard Lee, she takes it into crime drama in *Top of the Lake* (2013). Her return to features, *The Power of the Dog* (2021), turns to masculinity and repressed desire, with landscape again helping to tell the story. Give *An Angel at My Table* an evening when there is no need to hurry.

## Biography

Jane Campion is a New Zealand film director and screenwriter. She graduated with a BA in anthropology from Victoria University of Wellington in 1975 and a BA in art from Sydney College of the Arts in 1979, before attending the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.

Her feature debut was *Sweetie* (1989). She directed *An Angel at My Table* (1990) and wrote and directed *The Piano* (1993), which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Later films include *The Portrait of a Lady* (1996), *Holy Smoke* (1999), *In the Cut* (2003), *Bright Star* (2009) and *The Power of the Dog* (2021), for which she received a second Academy Award. She co-created the television series *Top of the Lake* (2013).

Campion was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2016 for services to film.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Power of the Dog* (2021), Fi1m 84, Director, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md)
- *Top of the Lake* (2013), Fi1m 82, Director, Executive Producer, Creator, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/top-of-the-lake.md)
- *Bright Star* (2009), Fi1m 82, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/bright-star.md)
- *The Portrait of a Lady* (1996), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-portrait-of-a-lady.md)
- *The Piano* (1993), Fi1m 88, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano.md)
- *An Angel at My Table* (1990), Fi1m 87, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/an-angel-at-my-table.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Big Girls Don't Cry* (2026), Executive Producer
- *The Natural State* (2026), Executive Producer
- *In Conversation with Jack Maurer* (2026), Executive Producer
- *The Brightness* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Lion Rock* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Rooster* (2024), Thanks
- *Bad Behaviour* (2023), as Doctor
- *Typist Artist Pirate King* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog* (2022), Actor
- *The Power of the Dog* (2021), Producer, Writer, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md)
- *Short Cuts: The Piano* (2021), Original Film Writer
- *Esther's Choice* (2020), Thanks
- *They* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Family Happiness* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Florence Has Left the Building* (2014), Thanks
- *Top of the Lake* (2013), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Director, Creator — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/top-of-the-lake.md)
- *Sleeping Beauty* (2011), Thanks
- *Bright Star* (2009), Director, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/bright-star.md)
- *8* (2008), Director, Writer
- *To Each His Own Cinema* (2007), Director
- *The Lady Bug* (2007), Director
- *The Water Diary* (2006), Director, Writer
- *Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story* (2006), Producer
- *Le court des grands* (2005), Director
- *In the Cut* (2003), Director, Screenplay
- *Soft Fruit* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Holy Smoke* (1999), Director, Screenplay
- *The Portrait of a Lady* (1996), Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-portrait-of-a-lady.md)
- *The Piano* (1993), Director, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano.md)
- *An Angel at My Table* (1990), Director — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/an-angel-at-my-table.md)
- *The Audition* (1990), as Daughter
- *Sweetie* (1989), Director, Screenplay, Original Story, Casting
- *Two Friends* (1986), Director
- *After Hours* (1985), Director, Screenplay, Camera Operator
- *A Girl's Own Story* (1984), Director, Writer
- *Getting Wet* (1984), First Assistant Director
- *Mishaps of Seduction and Conquest* (1984), Director, Writer
- *Passionless Moments* (1983), Director, Director of Photography, Writers' Assistant, Camera Operator, Producer
- *Peel* (1983), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Tissues* (1980), Director

## Gallery

- ![Jane Campion](https://film.one/media/person/78227/gallery-656ae8843b88.jpg) Jane Campion — New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Jane_Campion_DNZM_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Margarethe von Trotta und Jane Campion bei der Verleihung der "Film Festival Cologne Awards 2017".](https://film.one/media/person/78227/gallery-1099095521b6.jpg) Margarethe von Trotta und Jane Campion bei der Verleihung der "Film Festival Cologne Awards 2017". — 9EkieraM1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/AV0A6402_Margarethe_von_Trotta_und_Jane_Campion.jpg/1280px-AV0A6402_Margarethe_von_Trotta_und_Jane_Campion.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Henriette Raker, Jane Campion, Petra Müller bei der Verleihung der "Film Festival Cologne Awards 2017".](https://film.one/media/person/78227/gallery-353f473d410e.jpg) Henriette Raker, Jane Campion, Petra Müller bei der Verleihung der "Film Festival Cologne Awards 2017". — 9EkieraM1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/AV0A6422_Henriette_Raker%2C_Jane_Campion%2C_Petra_M%C3%BCller.jpg/1280px-AV0A6422_Henriette_Raker%2C_Jane_Campion%2C_Petra_M%C3%BCller.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jane Campion bei der Verleihung der "Film Festival Cologne Awards 2017".](https://film.one/media/person/78227/gallery-b86289710762.jpg) Jane Campion bei der Verleihung der "Film Festival Cologne Awards 2017". — 9EkieraM1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/AV0A6422_Henriette_Raker%2C_Jane_Campion%2C_Petra_M%C3%BCller_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jane Campion](https://film.one/media/person/78227/gallery-24c2b4f9796e.jpg) Jane Campion — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Campion](https://film.one/media/person/78227/gallery-71d0f7a3efa3.jpg) Jane Campion — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Campion](https://film.one/media/person/78227/gallery-a35a9e28c820.jpg) Jane Campion — Image via TMDB
- ![Gwiazda Jane Campion na Alei Gwiazd w Krakowie na Bulwarze Czerwieńskim. (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/78227/gallery-061a1b5eb1b8.jpg) Gwiazda Jane Campion na Alei Gwiazd w Krakowie na Bulwarze Czerwieńskim. (2023) — Mach240390, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/GwiazdaJaneCampion-AlejaGwiazd-BulwaryWi%C5%9Blane-POL%2C_Krak%C3%B3w.jpg/1280px-GwiazdaJaneCampion-AlejaGwiazd-BulwaryWi%C5%9Blane-POL%2C_Krak%C3%B3w.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Zdjęcie zrobione podczas międzynarodowego festiwalu kina niezależnego Off Plus Camera 2010 w Krakowie.](https://film.one/media/person/78227/gallery-85ad4fcc67b4.jpg) Zdjęcie zrobione podczas międzynarodowego festiwalu kina niezależnego Off Plus Camera 2010 w Krakowie. — Piotr Drabik from Poland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Jane_Campion.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jane Campion](https://film.one/media/person/78227/gallery-231889c28603.jpg) Jane Campion — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 3 nominated

- 2022: Best Director (won), for *The Power of the Dog*
- 2022: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Power of the Dog*
- 2022: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The Power of the Dog*
- 1994: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *The Piano*
- 1994: Best Director (nominated), for *The Piano*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2022: Best Direction (won), for *The Power of the Dog*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2021: Best Director (won), for *The Power of the Dog*

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 1993: Palme d'Or (won), for *The Piano*

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 1990: Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (won), for *An Angel at My Table*

### Other awards — 5 won

- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director 2021: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director (won), for *The Power of the Dog*
- Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit 2015: Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (won)
- Carrosse d'or 2013: Carrosse d'or (won)
- honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington 1999: honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington (won)
- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay 1994: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay (won), for *The Piano*

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

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