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Jane Campion

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Jane Campion Fast Facts:

Grew up in a show-business family.
Primarily raised by nannies for her first 10 years.
Worked as a documentary filmmaker's assistant after relocating to London following college.
Her film-school lecturers found her "arrogant and not particularly talented."
Won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the 1986 Cannes Festival for Peel.
Influenced by Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights when making The Piano.
Became the first woman---and New Zealander---to receive the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or award for directing in 1993 for The Piano.
Practices yoga.

Jane Campion Relationships:
Edith Campion - Mother
Richard Campion - Father
Billy MacKinnon - Ex-significant Other
Gerard Lee - Ex-significant Other
Colin Englert - Ex-husband
Alice Englert - Daughter
Jane Englert - Daughter
Anna Campion - Sister
Jasper Englert - Son
Michael Englert - Son
Michael Campion - Brother
Jane Campion Awards:
1994 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee
1993 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
1993 Oscar: Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Winner
1994 Golden Globe: Best Screenplay - Motion Picture - Nominee
1993 BAFTA Awards: Best Film - Nominee
1993 BAFTA Awards: Best Original Screenplay - Nominee
1993 BAFTA Awards: The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction - Nominee
2011 César Awards: Best Foreign Film - Nominee
College:
Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand (BA in Anthropology, 1975); Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia (BA in Painting, 1979); Australian Film and Television School, Moore Park, NSW, Australia (1984)