Jane Campion: 'Indefatigable pioneer' of film

2014/05/10 05:59:14 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Head of the Cannes jury Jane Campion made her name portraying complex, strong-willed female protagonists and knows from first-hand experience that the festival is a place where careers are made. The New Zealand director, the only wo man ever to win the top Palme d & #039;Or Prize with \ & quot;The Piano\ & quot;, was a little known arthouse film-maker when she brought her movie to the French Riviera in 1993. The New Zealand-set movie about a mute pianist and her daughter starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill and Anna Paquin, went on to pick up three Oscars and was a huge critical and commercial hit. Born in Wellington in New Zealand, the second of three children, Campion grew up in a theatrical family.
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