Jane Campion

Jane Campion (born April 30, 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker regarded as one of the most prominent female directors in the history of cinema. Her films explore themes of feminism, sexuality, and the tension between independence and submission, most celebrated in The Piano in 1993 and The Power of the Dog in 2021. She has won two Academy Awards and received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She was the first woman to receive multiple Best Director Oscar nominations and only the third woman ever to win the Best Director Academy Award, and is the only filmmaker to have won both the Short Film Palme d'Or and the feature film Palme d'Or at Cannes. She was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2016. Her other films include Sweetie, An Angel at My Table, The Portrait of a Lady, Holy Smoke!, In the Cut, and Bright Star, and she co-created the television series Top of the Lake and its sequel China Girl.