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Chantal Akerman

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1950-06-06

Deathday: 2015-10-05 (65 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 98

Movies 95

Director 43

self 34

Producer 4

TV Shows 3

Voice 2

Writer 1

Self (archive footage)

Chantal Akerman

Biography

Filmography

all 98

Movies 95

Director 43

self 34

Producer 4

TV Shows 3

Voice 2

Writer 1

Chantal Akerman - Always on the Move (2024)

applechedikal (2023)

Chantal Akerman: Her First Look Behind the Camera (2023)

Jeune cinéma (2023)

Autour de La Folie Almayer (2022)

Morceaux de Cannes (2021)

Delphine and Carole (2020)

L.A. Tea Time (2019)

Porto (2017)

But Elsewhere Is Always Better (2016)

No Home Movie (2016)

My Name is Chantal Akerman (2016)

I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman (2015)

What Lies Beneath the Sky (2015)

Son chant (2015)

Chantal Akerman (2013)

What Is Cinema? (2013)

My Mother Laughs Prelude (2012)

Almayer's Folly (2012)

Guest (2011)

Chantal Akerman, From Here (2010)

Sodankylä Forever (2010)

Les variations Dielman (2010)

On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! (2010)

Maniac Summer (2009)

The Art of Time (2009)

East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton (2009)

40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight (2008)

Women from Antwerp in November (2008)

The State of the World (2007)

Nightfall in Shanghai (2007)

Interview with Aurore Clément (2007)

Interview with Babette Mangolte (2007)

Interview with my mother, Natalia Akerman (2007)

Down There (2006)

Tomorrow We Move (2004)

Autour d’hier aujourd’hui et demain (on déménage) (2004)

With Sonia Wieder-Atherton (2003)

From the Other Side (2003)

The Captive (2000)

No Vladimir (2000)

South (1999)

Birth of a Nation (1997)

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman (1997)

The Day When... (1997)

A Couch in New York (1996)

Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 60s in Brussels (1994)

All the Boys and Girls of Their Time (1994)

From the East (1993)

Moving In (1993)

Monologues (1993)

Against Oblivion (1991)

Night and Day (1991)

For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador (1991)

Pictures of Europe (1990)

American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy (1989)

One Day Pina Asked... (1989)

Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas (1989)

The Ministries of Art (1989)

Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher (1989)

L'inhumaine (1987)

Golden Eighties (1986)

Seven Women, Seven Sins (1986)

Portrait of a Lazy Woman (1986)

Mallet-Stevens Street (1986)

Letters Home (1986)

The Hammer (1986)

She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps (1985)

The Eighties (1985)

Known For
Directing

Gender
Female

Birthday
1950-06-06

Deathday
2015-10-05 (65 years old)

Birth Name
Chantal Anne Akerman

Birth Place
Etterbeek, Belgium

Citizenships
France, Belgium

Also Known As
Chantal Anne Akerman, Chantal Ackerman, 샹탈 아커만, 샹탈 아케르만, 샹탈 애커만

Awards
Commander of the Order of Leopold