Jan Chapman

Senses of Cinema

As notions of civil rights transformed across the world, so was the screen landscape reformed by the ascension of grassroots film movements seeking to challenge the mainstream. Some aspired to push form to its limit; others worked to destabilise what they saw as a homogenous industry, or to provoke questions around gender, sexuality, migration and race.

'The Piano': 25 Years On

In this conversation, director Jane Campion and producer Jan Chapman reminisce about their journey through the making of 'The Piano'. It was shot in 2018 at Karekare Beach in New Zealand, one of the film's locations.

Hope

A family struggle with their religious beliefs when their son is badly injured in a car crash and requires stem-cell therapy.

The Nature of Lantana

The making of Lantana, a 2001 Australian drama film directed by Ray Lawrence and starring Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara Hershey.

Cinefile: Reel Women

Interviews with women directors working in Hollywood and Europe in the early 1990s, exploring the opportunities and obstacles that face them. A program made to accompany a Channel 4 season of films directed and produced by women.

Inside 'The Piano'

This 1993 program about the making of 'The Piano' features interviews with director Jane Campion; actors Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, and Sam Neill; and producer Jan Chapman.

Renegades: Fragments from a Diary of Three Years' Experience 1970-1973

A fragmented film, largely following street performer George Shevtsov at the 1970 Vietnam Moratorium, the Odyssey Pop Festival at Wallacia in 1971, and street theatre sneezing for lunchtime crowds. The film then takes a darker turn, contrasting audio from a court case with footage of police.