Chantal Akerman
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 6, 1950
- Died
- October 5, 2015 (aged 65)
- Birthplace
- Brussels, Belgium
Biography
Chantal Anne Akerman (June 6, 1950 – October 5, 2015) was a Belgian film director, artist and professor of film at the City College of New York. Her best-known film is Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975). Despite being categorised as such by others, Akerman frequently distanced herself from the feminist label, explaining, "when people say there is a feminist film language, it is like saying there is only one way for women to express themselves". Instead, Akerman acknowledged that her cinematic approach took inspiration from the writings of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, as well as from filmmakers Michael Snow and Jean-Luc Godard. Many directors have cited Akerman's directorial style as an influence on their work. Kelly Reichardt, Gus Van Sant, and Sofia Coppola have noted their exploration of filming in real time as a tribute to Akerman.
Known For
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Filmography
No Home Movie
Movie · Director
Almayer's Folly
Movie · Director
My Mother Laughs Prelude
Movie · Director
On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!
Movie · Co-Director
East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Movie · Director
Maniac Summer
Movie · Director
The State of the World
Movie · Director
Nightfall in Shanghai
Movie · Director
Interview with Aurore Clément
Movie · Director
Interview with Babette Mangolte
Movie · Director
Interview with my Mother, Natalia Akerman
Movie · Director
Down There
Movie · Director
Tomorrow We Move
Movie · Director
Making of Tomorrow We Move
Movie · Director
From the Other Side
Movie · Director
With Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Movie · Director
The Captive
Movie · Director
South
Movie · Director
Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
Movie · Director
The Day When...
Movie · Director
A Couch in New York
Movie · Director
Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels
Movie · Director
All the Boys and Girls of Their Time
TV · Director · 9 eps
From the East
Movie · Director
Moving In
Movie · Director
Monologues
TV · Director · 1 ep
Lest We Forget
Movie · Director
Night and Day
Movie · Director
For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador
Movie · Director
One Day Pina Asked...
Movie · Director
American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy
Movie · Director
Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher
Movie · Director
Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas
Movie · Director
Sieben Frauen, sieben Sünden
Movie · Director
Golden Eighties
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The Hammer
Movie · Director
Letters Home
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Portrait of a Lazy Woman
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Mallet-Stevens Street
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The Eighties
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Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
Movie · Director
Family Business
Movie · Director
I'm Hungry, I'm Cold
Movie · Director
Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman
Movie · Director
The Man with the Suitcase
Movie · Director
Toute une nuit
Movie · Director
Hôtel des Acacias
Movie · Co-Director
Tell Me
Movie · Director
Grands mères
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Meetings of Anna
Movie · Director
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Movie · Director
News from Home
Movie · Director
Hotel Monterey
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Je Tu Il Elle
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Le 15/8
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Hanging Out Yonkers
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La chambre
Movie · Director
The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
Movie · Director
Untitled
Movie · Director
Blow Up My Town
Movie · Director
Knokke: Une petite fiction
Movie · Director
Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn
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Knokke: Une petite fiction 2
Movie · Director
Bruxelles: À la Foire du Midi
Movie · Director
Examen d'entrée INSAS
Movie · Director