Jane Campion

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jane Campion
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Apr 30, 1954(1954-04-30)
Age	70
Birthplace	Wellington
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Wellington Region
Horoscope	Aries

Jane Campion Biography

Jane Campion is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on April 30, 1954 in Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand. Female screenwriter and director who won Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for 1993’s The Piano. She also directed the film and was awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival.

She was the director of Bright Star, starring She directed the 2009 film Bright Star starring Ben Whishaw..

Campion was born in Wellington, New Zealand, the second daughter of Edith Campion (née Beverley Georgette Hannah), an actress, writer, and heiress; and Richard M. Campion, a teacher, and theatre and opera director. Her maternal great-grandfather was Robert Hannah, a well-known shoe manufacturer for whom Antrim House was built. Her father came from a family engaged in the Exclusive Brethren Christian evangelical movement. Along with Jane’s sister Anna, a year and a half her senior, and brother, Michael, seven years her junior, Campion grew up in the world of New Zealand theatre. Their parents founded the New Zealand Players. Jane initially rejected the idea of a career in the dramatic arts, and graduated instead with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Victoria University of Wellington in 1975.

In 1976, she enrolled in the Chelsea Art School in London, and traveled throughout Europe. She earned a graduate diploma in visual arts (painting) from the Sydney College of the Arts at the University of Sydney in 1981. Campion’s later film work was shaped in part by her art school education; she has, even in her mature career, cited painter Frida Kahlo and sculptor Joseph Beuys as influences.

In 1992, she married Colin Englert.

Jane Campion Net Worth

Jane Campion is one of the richest Director from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jane Campion 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a graduate of the Sydney College of the Arts and the Australian Film and Television School.

She directed Peel, her first short film, and Top of the Lake in 2013, a miniseries she created for The Sundance Channel.

Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion DNZM (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand screenwriter, producer, and director. She is the second of five women ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the first and only female filmmaker to receive the Palme d’Or, which she received for the acclaimed film The Piano (1993), for which she also won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

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Who is Jane Campion Dating?

According to our records, Jane Campion married to Colin Englert. As of December 1, 2023, Jane Campion’s is not dating anyone.

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Campion’s subsequent work has tended to polarize opinion. The Portrait of a Lady (1996), based on the Henry James novel, featured Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey and Martin Donovan. Holy Smoke! (1999) teamed Campion again with Harvey Keitel, this time with Kate Winslet as the female lead. In the Cut (2003), an erotic thriller based on Susanna Moore’s bestseller, provided Meg Ryan an opportunity to depart from her more familiar onscreen persona. Her 2009 film Bright Star, a biographical drama about poet John Keats (played by Ben Whishaw) and his lover Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish), was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. In an interview with Jan Lisa Huttner, Campion discussed how she focused on Fanny’s side of the story, pointing out that only two of the film’s scenes did not feature her.

Facts & Trivia

Jane Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Jane Campion celebrates birthday on April 30 of every year.

In 2014 it was announced that Campion was nearing a deal to direct an adaptation of Rachel Kushner’s novel The Flamethrowers.

What movies has Jane Campion made?

Movies

Where should I start with Jane Campion?

• Jane Campion.
• Top of the Lake (2013)
• The Piano (1993)
• An Angel at My Table (1990)
• Bright Star (2009)
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

What nationality is Jane Champion?

New Zealand

What age is Jane Campion?

68 years (April 30, 1954)

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