Browse by:

Film & TV (83,258)

Games (8,012)

Our Picks

Collections

Magazine

Jane Campion

News | What members say | Filmography

Jane Campion - news / articles

Hunter reuniting with Campion for TV drama - 4 November 2011
-Oscar winner Holly Hunter is reuniting with her The Piano director Jane Campion to star in TV drama Top Of The Lake.-The star won a Best Actress Academy Award for her turn in the 1993 film, and now Hunter and Campion are to work together again on a six-part BBC TV se

Jane Campion - what members say

The Piano review by from Dorset

Elegant Masterpiece 15 March 2005
... the end in the rain is truly stunning, yet very simple. Very well directed by Jane Campion, keeping the film dramatic and tense, and Paquin is also very good as the young... Read customer review

Holy Smoke review by A customer from Bristol, UK

Very disappointing 30 April 2004
... one of the worst films I've seen in a while, and not what I was expecting from Jane Campion.It seems like an old male fantasy, and was pretty disappointing. There was a b... Read customer review

Portrait Of A Lady review by A customer from South Oxfordshire

Moments of genius 28 June 2006
..., in mind, especially when the original novel is one of the classic novels. Jane Campion's cinematic version of James' novel is exquisitely cast and strong, plausible p... Read customer review

Jane Campion - filmography

Bright Star on DVD (2009)
Starring: Paul Schneider, Abbie Cornish, Thomas Sangster
Director: Jane Campion
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of fashion. This unlikely pair started at odds; he thinking her a stylish minx, she unimpressed by literature in general. It was the illness of Keats's ..read more »

61% from 10,805 members

In The Cut (2003)
Starring: Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Director: Jane Campion
Certificate:
The acclaimed New Zealand director Jane Campion (THE PIANO) here turns her unusual artistic eye toward the urban erotic thriller genre. Based on the novel by Susanna Moore, IN THE CUT tells the story of Frannie (Meg Ryan) an English teacher living in Manhattan's East Village who finds herself mixed ..read more »

48% from 13,138 members
Not currently released

Holy Smoke on DVD (1999)
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Sophie Lee, Pam Grier
Director: Jane Campion
Certificate:
In this wildly inventive film from director Jane Campion (THE PIANO), Kate Winslet stars as Ruth, a headstrong Australian woman determined to get back to India in time to join a group marriage to her guru. Her family, hoping to break the cult leader's psychic grip on Ruth, hires P.J. (Harvey Keitel)..read more »

52% from 3,814 members

Portrait Of A Lady on DVD (1996)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey
Director: Jane Campion
Certificate:
Jane Campion directed this expressive adaptation of the classic novel by Henry James. Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman) is a young American woman who, after the death of her parents, has been sent to England to visit relatives. While her family's tragedy has left her penniless, Isabel's beauty has ..read more »

54% from 2,378 members

The Piano on DVD (1993)
Starring: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill
Director: Jane Campion
Certificate:
Writer/director Jane Campion's third feature unearthed emotional undercurrents and churning intensity in the story of a mute woman's rebellion in the recently colonized New Zealand wilderness of Victorian times. Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter), a mute who has willed herself not to speak, and her strong-..read more »

69% from 8,684 members

The Piano - Bonus Materials on DVD (1993)
Starring: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill
Director: Jane Campion
Certificate:
Special features from the Academy Award nominated film "The Piano". These include: Interviews with Jane Champion and Jan Chapman; An interview with Michael Nyman; A "Making Of" featurette; Theatrical trailer.

63% from 54 members

An Angel At My Table (1990)
Starring: Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson
Director: Jane Campion
Certificate:
New Zealand poet Janet Frame is the subject of Jane Campion's biographical drama, which presents a poetically evocative look at the authoress' turbulent life. The film begins with a look at Frame's childhood, showing her as a bright but odd-looking, emotionally fragile young girl with a knack for ..read more »

69% from 1,374 member
Not currently released

Sweetie (1989)
Starring: Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos
Director: Jane Campion
Certificate:
"Sweetie" explores the world of sisters, in their twenties, their parents, and family dysfunctions. Kay is gangly and slightly askew, consulting a fortune teller and then falling in love with a man because of a mole on his face and a lock of hair; then, falling out of love when he plants a tree in ..read more »

52% from 5 members
Currently unavailable

Jane Campion facts

5 most recent films

Bright Star - 3.0 stars
In The Cut - 2.5 stars
Holy Smoke - 2.5 stars
Portrait Of A Lady - 2.5 stars
The Piano - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Piano - 3.5 stars
An Angel At My Table - 3.5 stars
The Piano - Bonus Materials - 3.0 stars
Bright Star - 3.0 stars
Portrait Of A Lady - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Sweetie - 2.5 stars
In The Cut - 2.5 stars
Holy Smoke - 2.5 stars
Portrait Of A Lady - 2.5 stars
Bright Star - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kerry Fox - 3 times - show films
Harvey Keitel - 3 times - show films
Holly Hunter - 2 times - show films
Thomas Sangster - 2 times - show films
Paul Schneider - 2 times - show films