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Campion, Jane

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Born: 1954 AD
Currently alive, at 54 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Director, Writers

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1954 - Born on the 30th of April in Wellington, New Zealand. She was a New Zealand movie director and screenwriter.

 

He attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School.

 

1982 - Her first short film, Peel that won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

 

1983 - Directed Passionless Moments and Girls Own Story (1984).

 

1989 - Her feature debut film "Sweetie" won international awards.

 

1993 - Directed and wrote movie "The Piano"(Palme d'Or 1993)

 

        - Won the best director award from the Australian Film Institute and an Oscar for best screenplay.

 

1996 - The Portrait of a Lady, based on the Henry James novel.

 

2003 - Directed "In the Cut", an erotic thriller based on Susanna Moore's bestseller.

 

2006 - She was an executive producer for the documentary Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story.

 






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