Oscar, double palm of gold who is Jane Campion, first director to obtain the Lumière Prix in Lyon?

Jane Campion est la prochaine lauréate du prix Lumière, décerné par le Festival Lumière du film de patrimoine à Lyon (Rhône) en octobre 2021.

The New Zealand director is the first director to obtain this prize in 13 editions (counting 2021).It is not the first time that she has returned to history.

Two golden palms and an Oscar

Until 2019, Jane Campion was the only woman to get the two golden palms at the Cannes Film Festival: that of the short film (An Exercise in Discipline-Peel, in 1982) and that of the feature film (the lessonpiano, in 1993).

Her film The Piano Lesson has also obtained many other prizes: Oscar for best actress (Holly Hunter), the best female support (Anna Paquin) and the best original screenplay, Césars 1994 for the best foreign film, Golden Globes 1994…

After her successes in the short film and the feature film, Jane Campion also cardboard in the field of the TV series with The Long Lake.

She also presided over the Jury of feature films at the Cannes Festival by succeeding Steven Spielberg.On this occasion, the New Zealander will then become the first director to become president of the jury.

In addition to all these prizes, the director has directed big names in world cinema: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Kate Winslet, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mark Ruffalo or Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst in her latest film.

The rarity of its productions

The new features of Jane Campion are rare."Seven feature films in 20 years that make up a unique filmography and a personal and universal cinema" notes the Lumière festival in its press release.

"Celebrating it is obvious and pride.It was also one of the last wishes of Bertrand Tavernier ", historic president of the Lumière Institute and died in March 2021.

She will succeed Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Francis Ford Coppola, Jane Fonda, Wong Kar-Wai, Catherine Deneuve, Martin Scorsese, Pedro Almodóvar, Quentin Tarantino, Ken Loach, Gérard Depardieu, Milos Forman and Clint Eastwood.

The director will receive her prize Friday October 15, 2021 and will take advantage of it to unveil her next film, "The Power of the Dog" for Netflix.

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