Jane Campion

Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion DNZM born 30 April 1954 is a New Zealand filmmaker Best known for her feature films with themes of rebellion and often featuring women in leading roles who are outsiders in society Campion is regarded as one of the prominent female filmmakers in womens cinema Campion made her film debut in Sweetie 1989 and continues to direct feminist films including An Angel at My Table 1990 The Portrait of a Lady 1996 Holy Smoke 1998 and Bright Star 2009 She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films The Piano 1993 and The Power of the Dog 2021 for which she has received two Academy Awards altogether She also cocreated the television series Top of the Lake 2013 and received numerous Primetime Emmy Award nominations Her accolades include two Academy Awards two BAFTA Awards two Golden Globe Awards two Palme dOr both feature and short a Silver Lion award a Directors Guild of America Award and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards Campion was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit DNZM in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to film Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Campion licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia