One of Australasia's most acclaimed film-makers. She is known for her feminist themes with strong female leads, original visuals, non-linear editing and narrative ambiguity. Her film Peel(1982) won the Palme d'Or for best short film in the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Her film covering Janet Frame's life, An Angel at My Table(1990) claimed second prize at the Venice Film Festival. The Piano(1993) won the Palme d'Or Best Original Screenplay Oscar and was nominated for the Best Director Oscar in 1994. Top of the Lake(2012) got her nominated for an Emmy for directing.
She was born in Wellington, studying Anthropology at Victoria University before travelling to Australia and Europe to complete a Diploma in Arts. She is the second women ever to be nominated for Best Director at the Oscars for The Piano. She is also the only woman to ever win the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
Sofia Coppola(1971- )
She is a director, screenwriter and producer. She appeared in many of her father Francis Ford Coppola's movies as a child and studied Photography at the California Institute of Arts. She is known for her long takes, close-ups and languid camera movements, exploring themes of alienation and ennui, and being an outsider that critiques celebrity culture.
Some films include:
The Virgin Suicides(1999)
Lost in Translation(2003)
Marie Antoinette(2006)
The Beguiled(2017)
She wrote the screenplay adaptation of The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides which won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay and Best Motion Picture for Lost in Translation in 2004 and the Cannes Best Director Award for The Beguiled in 2017.
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