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3	Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion DNZM (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker.
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5	Campion is best known for her 1993 film ''Film/ThePiano'', for which she won the [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Academy Award]] for [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestOriginalScreenplay Best Original Screenplay]], and made her the second woman to be nominated for [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestDirecting Best Director]], and the first to win the UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr. Her work tends to focus on complex women and themes of gender dynamics, with an added emphasis on stories set in Australia and her native New Zealand.
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7	In addition to her film career, Campion also co-created, co-wrote, and co-directed the mystery drama series ''Series/TopOfTheLake'' and its follow-up, ''Top of the Lake: China Girl'', the first season of which received five UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations including Outstanding Miniseries or Movie and Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special.
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9	She also comes from an family of established creatives in the Australia/New Zealand scene. Her parents were Richard Campion, a theatre director, and Edith Campion, an actress. Her daughter, Alice Englert, is an actress best known for appearing in the lead role of ''Beautiful Creatures'', based on the ''[[Literature/TheCasterChronicles Caster Chronicles]]'' series of young adult novels.
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11	In 2022, she became the third woman to win the Best Director Oscar for ''Film/ThePowerOfTheDog''.
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14	!! Selected filmography:
15	* Short films
16	** ''[[Film/{{Peel}} An Exercise in Discipline: Peel]]'' (1982)
17	** ''Passionless Moments'' (1983)
18	** ''A Girl's Own Story'' (1984)
19	** ''The Lady Bug'' (2007)
20	** ''The Water Diary'' (2008)
21	* Feature films
22	** ''Two Friends'' (1986)
23	** ''Film/{{Sweetie}}'' (1989)
24	** ''Film/AnAngelAtMyTable'' (1990)
25	** ''Film/ThePiano'' (1993)
26	** ''Film/ThePortraitOfALady'' (1996)
27	** ''[[Film/HolySmoke Holy Smoke!]]'' (1999)
28	** ''Film/InTheCut'' (2003)
29	** ''Film/BrightStar'' (2009)
30	** ''Film/ThePowerOfTheDog'' (2021)
31	!! Selected television:
32	* ''Series/TopOfTheLake'' (2013)
33	** ''Top of the Lake: China Girl'' (2017)
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35	!! Tropes and trivia about her works:
36	* CentralTheme: Campion's work tends to be about [[FishOutOfWater outsiders]], "people who fall off the frontier of our society." Other recurrent themes include female desire, deconstructions of [[MenAreTough masculinity]], and mental illness.
37	* DeadpanSnarker: The audio commentary for ''Sweetie'' is great.
38	* FemaleGaze:
39	-->"I wanted to bring my interests and concerns into the cinema. Psychologically, women are forced to look at the world through men’s eyes. I wanted to put the other point of view: what it felt like to be a woman expressing yourself, being free, doing your human stuff in what is a pretty patriarchal society.”
40	* PeriodPiece: ''An Angel at My Table'' starts in Depression-era New Zealand. ''The Piano'' is set in the mid-nineteenth century. ''The Portrait of a Lady'' is set in the eighteenth century. ''Bright Star'' is set in 1818. ''The Power of the Dog'' is set in Montana in 1925.
41	* ProductionPosse: Has worked multiple times with Creator/NicoleKidman (''The Portrait of a Lady'', ''Top of the Lake: China Girl''), Kerry Fox (''An Angel at My Table'', ''Bright Star''), Creator/HarveyKeitel (''The Piano,'' ''Holy Smoke!''), and Creator/HollyHunter (''The Piano'', ''Top of the Lake: China Girl''). Has also worked multiple times with cinematographers Stuart Dryburgh and Dion Beebe.
42	* SceneryPorn: Works tend to show stunning [[https://twitter.com/NetflixFilm/status/1467282570341597187 landscapes]] of the outdoors.
43	* ShownTheirWork: Is known for preparing her films [[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/magazine/jane-campion-power-of-the-dog.html rigorously]].

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