A chronological overview and exploration of the celebrated filmmaker's creative process, film by film, featuring interviews with Campion herself; illustrated with film stills, as well as with annotated scripts, storyboards and personal documents; includes three short stories about the poet John Keats written by the director, Holly Hunter's memories of their collaboration on 'The Piano' and 'Top of the Lake'; detailed filmography and bibliography with more than three hundred colour and black-and-white illustrations.