In the Scene: Jane Campion

Jane Campion is one of the few women film—makers working today who has managed to create a unique body of work. A true independent film—maker, yet she has attracted A List Hollywood superstars to appear in her films.

Who else but Jane Campion could have convinced a tattooed Harvey Keitel to run buck—naked through the New Zealand landscape in The Piano, or for the multi—award winning Kate Winslet to pee down her legs in the middle of the desert in Holy Smoke?

Campion is an outspoken champion i...