Familial trail-blazer

New Zealand director Jane Campion’s daughter Alice Englert, 16, has her sights set firmly on a career in music rather than film writes Kristie Lau for The Sydney Morning Herald. “I love my mum but she really can’t sing,” Englert said, laughing. “We both noticed it, like, ‘Woah, I can sing and you can’t.’ So we know it’s not something I got from her, it’s my own.” Englert — who takes the surname of her father, producer-director Colin Englert — has performed at several international open-mic nights and plays a regular spot at a cafe in Newtown, Sydney. She has also started a MySpace page and uploaded a collection of self-penned songs. Although she said she felt incredibly supported by her prominent parents, Englert is keen to blaze her own trail as an artist.