Jane Campion
Jane Campion
Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion DNZMis a New Zealand screenwriter, producer, and director. Campion is the second of four women ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and is the first female filmmaker in history to receive the Palme d'Or, which she received for directing the acclaimed film The Piano, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth30 April 1954
violence attraction
Actual violence has no attraction for me at all.
thinking political modern
But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics.
people imagine i-can
I can't imagine people telling me what to do - I just can't imagine it.
problem
I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry.
thinking good-movie made
I think I made good movies.
thinking way moments
I think the whole tension about romanticism is the way it builds and builds, and the moment it's consummated, the tension's over.
anxiety doubt tough
If you read Keats's poems, they're often full of doubts and anxieties. They can be quite tough.
character luxury long
It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters.
evil trying too-much
What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance.
thinking order ideas
I think that three-act fundamentalism in film culture is a problem sometimes, because it's almost too obvious, or it's too expected. And it's not the only way to fill two hours, or to phrase things, or to order thoughts, or order ideas.
lessons taught study
I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic: Say something once and you don't have to say it again.
growing-up men thinking
I think women don't grow up with the harsh world of criticism that men grow up with, we are more sensitively treated, and when you first experience the world of film-making you have to develop a very tough skin.
ocean piano goal
I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one, but it feels like an ocean, with a lot going on - the goal is to keep alive.
thinking ideas phrases
If you start with a good idea, you can encapsulate it in a phrase and explain it. I like high-concept films. Everyone can get hold of it. I don't think there's any harm in that at all.