Director: Jane Campion

Producer: Bridget Ikin

Director of Photography: Stuart Dryburgh

Running Time: 158 minutes

Year of Production: 1990

An Angel At My Table is adapted from the three autobiographies of New Zealand’s most distinguished author, Janet Frame. Frame has often been associated with the world of insanity central to her most significant writing. An Angel At My Table explores this myth with disarming honesty, telling the story of her childhood, personal struggles and genesis as a writer.

Campion says “[the film is] gentler, kinder - a humanist piece. It has also prompted me to reappraise the values of New Zealand, where I was born. On meeting Janet I began to understand her unique blend of direct childlike freshness, alongside a highly developed and thoroughly educated mind.”

An Angel at My Table was the first film from New Zealand to be screened at the Venice Film Festival, where it was awarded the Grand Special Jury Prize. Renowned critic Roger Ebert gave the film 4 out of 4 stars, stating; "[The film] tells its story calmly and with great attention to human detail and, watching it, I found myself drawn in with a rare intensity".

Toronto International Film Festival (1990), International Critics Award

Venice Film Festival (1990), Grand Special Jury Prize

Independent Spirit Awards (1992), Best Foreign Film

Director Jane Campion was born and grew up in New Zealand, and continues to be one of the nation’s most celebrated filmmakers. She currently works out of Australia as a director, screenwriter and producer. Campion is the second of four women ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and is also the first female filmmaker in history to receive the Palme d'Or for directing the acclaimed film The Piano (1993). An Angel At My Table was her first project in New Zealand. Her debut feature, Sweetie, premiered In Competition at Cannes in 1989. Her 2009 film Bright Star, a biographical drama about poet John Keats was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. Campion is currently working on a 7 part mini-series, "Top of The Lake (2013)" for HBO.