Jane Campion

By taking a multi-faceted approach to the film auteur, suggests Verhoeven (screen studies, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology U., Australia), it is possible to see how filmmakers, studios, distribution companies, funding agencies, media, critics, and academics are all engaged in a process of authorizing (or de-authorizing) film directors by elaborating the frameworks for understanding the contributions of particular auteurs. She explores such lines of authorization as they are applied to Academy Award-winning New Zealand director Jane Campion, with specific chapters focusing on authorizing frameworks in the media, in industry, in academic scholarship, and in Campion's own personal reflection and self-promotion. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)