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Born April 30, 1954, Wellington, New Zealand is a New Zealand director, screenwriter, producer, and actress.

Initially, Jane did not want to associate her fate with theater or cinema; in 1975 she graduated from Queen Victoria University of Wellington with a bachelor's degree in anthropology.

In 1976, Jane Campion attended Chelsea Art School in London and traveled throughout Europe. She graduated from the Sydney College of Art, University of Sydney with a degree in painting in 1981; her artistic work was greatly influenced by the work of the surrealist painter Frida Kahlo and the sculptor Joseph Beuys. However, Campion soon became disillusioned with painting, believing that this art form had too many limitations, and turned to cinema. In 1980, she created her first short film, Brocade. She enrolled in the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in 1981 and completed her studies there in 1984; During her studies, Campion created several more short films.

Campion's short film Peel: A Lesson in Discipline (1982) won the Palme d'Or for Short Film at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival; her other short films Impassive Moments (1983), Her Maiden Story (1984) and Many Hours Later (1984) were included in the Unassigned Regard competition program at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. After graduating from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Jane Campion directed one episode of the Australian entertainment series Dancing Daze (1986) for ABC; and then she directed a television movie called Two Friends (1986), produced by Ian Chapman.

"Sweetheart" (1989) was Campion's directorial debut in a feature film and was nominated for a Palme d'Or in the 1989 Kan Film Festival, but lost to Steven Soderbergh's Sex, Lies and Videos. Campion consolidated her directorial success with Angel at My Table (1990), which featured a biographical and psychological portrait of New Zealand writer Janet Frame; for this work she received the "Silver Lion" - a special jury prize at the 47th Venice Film Festival. International recognition came to Campion after the release of the film "The Piano" (1993), which received the main award of the Kan Film Festival in 1993 - "Golden Palm". The Piano also won the 1993 Australian Academy of Motion Picture and Television (AACTA Awards) Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 66th Academy Awards in March 1994. In addition, Jane Campion became the second woman in history to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director; however lost to Steven Spielberg with his "Schindler's List".

Jane Campion's subsequent directorial work has been extremely varied in themes and genres. The film "Portrait of a Lady" (1996) was based on the novel of the same name by American writer Henry James; it stars such stars as Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey and Martin Donovan. For the leading male role in the film "Sacred Smoke" (1999), Campion called Harvey Keitel, who had already starred in her "Piano"; Kate Winslet was chosen for the lead female role. Campion's next work was the erotic thriller "The Dark Side of Passion" (2003), in which the starring Meg Ryan was given the opportunity to change her established role. Film "Bright Star" (2009) - biographical drama, about the complex relationship between the English poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his beloved Fanny Brown (Abbie Cornish) - was featured in the competition program of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

In 1999, Jane Campion produced the Australian drama Ripe Fruit; and in 2006 she was executive producer of the documentary Kidnapping: The Story of Megumi Yokota. Campion has produced the short films The One (2012) and Family Happiness (2016). Director Anahita Hazvinizade's film "Oni" (2017) was also produced by Campion.

In 2013, Campion became the creator, writer, director and producer of the Top of the Lake TV series, which has received international acclaim and good reviews. American actress Elisabeth Moss, who starred in Top of the Lake, won the 2014 Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film and 2013 Television Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Film or mini-series "; also in 2013, Elisabeth Moss was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Film, but lost to Laura Linney for her role in That Scary R. Jane Campion herself was also nominated for an Emmy in 2013 in the category "Best Director of a Miniseries, Film or Drama Program." however, the victory was won by Stephen Soderbergh for the TV movie Beyond the Candelabra.

In 2013, Jane Campion chaired the jury for the Cinefondation student films program and the short films program at the 66th Cannes Film Festival; the following year, she headed the main competition jury at the 67th Cannes Film Festival. When Canadian director Xavier Dolan won the 2014 Cannes Film Festival jury prize for Mommy, he admitted in his victory speech that The Piano had a tremendous impact on his development as a director; it was "The Piano" that made him create strong, strong-willed and deep female characters and never represent women as victims or objects. After these words, Campion rose from her seat and went to Dolan to hug him.

In 2014, there were rumors that Campion was close to finalizing negotiations to shoot a film based on Rachel Kushner's novel Flamethrowers, but the necessary agreements were never reached.

In 2015, Jane Campion confirmed that she will direct and write the second season of Top of the Lake, set in Sydney, with Elisabeth Moss returning to the role of detective Robin Griffin. The full second season of Top of the Lake premiered in May 2017 at the Cannes Film Festival. Season 2 premiered in the UK on BBC Two on 27 July 2017. The entire season was also released on BBC iPlayer.

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