including bright star, the story ofjohn keats lover fanny brawne. my stitching has more merit than my stitching has more merit than your my stitching has more merit than your scribblings- my stitching has more merit than your scribblings put - than your scribblings put togethen and i can make money from it. and the thriller in the cut. do i know you? starring meg ryan as a woman who witnesses a sexual assault and becomes too involved with the investigating police officer. was it his right arm, or his left? even in the power of the dog, there is delicacy to her vision of phil, a misogynist and a bully, that attracted her cast. for me, it sjust her film making. ijust wanted to be a part of her type of storytelling and the way she portrays people in, like their ugliest places and somehow, what she wants from people, is, you know, their true, authentic, all the ugliness, all of it. in one sense, jane campion was dancing on her own at the academy awards. the power of the dog did not w
play against the guys like i have to! jane campion apologised for the thoughtless comment, as she put it, adding. the remark doesn t seem to have damaged her standing with academy voters. jane campion s directing win here in hollywood is significant because it s only one year since chloe xhao won for nomadland and it goes to show that zhao s victory was notjust a one off and in years to come, enough women might win enough oscars that we get to stop talking about whether a film is directed by a woman or not. there s a sense of completion in her win as well because, along with kathryn bigelow, she has been an example of a high profile female film maker working when very few have got the chance to succeed.
before this year s 0scar ceremony, i was reading up on the academy awards, doing some research, and i came across an article about directorjane campion that pointed out that she is the most decorated female film maker in the world. that made me stop in my tracks that is quite an achievement. now she has a best director oscars trophy to add to all that decoration, what does it mean? emma jones reports. three may indeed be a magic number. campion, the most decorated female film maker in movie history, finally got her best director oscar. it s a lifetime honour, thank you. joining kathryn bigelow and chloe xhao as the third female film maker in academy history to get a directing award. i m very proud to have won tonight, for my film and for my crew and for my cast, but also just to be another woman, who is going to be
followed by a fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth, and i m excited by the fact that this is moving fast now. jane campion! this has been a coronation after she also won the bafta, the critics choice and the directors guild of america awards, where she was given her prize by last year s oscar winner chloe xhao. jane campion. although she got a screenwriting 0scar for the piano in the 1990s, campion is part of a tradition of female film makers who are only now really reaping rewards. it s a lifetime high, i have been in the industry for a0 years! i got close with the piano, but this is the highest honouring that i ve received. jane campion. however, her 0scar campaign was nearly derailed when she made this remark to venus and serena williams at the critics choice awards. serena and venus, i you are such marvels. however, you do not|
i hope some time, you might come to like me. her vision on 1993 s the piano, starring holly hunter as a woman sent to new zealand for an arranged marriage along with her prize piano. inspired maggie gyllenhaal, who made her own directing debut this year. i do think there is such a thing as women s filmmaking and women s writing, i think we see the world differently and we express ourselves differently and i. i mean, there were people before her, but when i was 15, i didn t know about claire denis or agnes varda, so she was the first woman who i think was really honestly expressing herself that i had come across as a film maker. let him out. are you sure? he is not ready. go on, let him out! until the character of phil, played by benedict cumberbatch came along in the power of the dog, campion focused on female characters