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Jane Campion

Filmmaker

Born: 30 April 1954
Birthplace: Waikanae, New Zealand
Best known as: The writer and director of The Piano
Jane Campion grew up in New Zealand. She studied film and television in Australia, her first short films gaining international attention. In 1989 she made her first feature film, Sweetie; she won an Oscar for the screenplay of her 1993 film The Piano. She also directed The Portrait of a Lady (1996, with Nicole Kidman), Holy Smoke (1999, with Kate Winslet) and In the Cut (2003, with Mark Ruffalo) .

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