Chantal Akerman
Directing
Born: June 6, 1950 · Brussels, Belgium
Died: October 5, 2015 (aged 65)
Highest Rated
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.
Photos (5)
Movies (14)
Porto
(voice)
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)
Portrait of a Lazy Woman
1986
Je Tu Il Elle
Julie
Seven Women, Seven Sins
Film Director (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
1985
The Man with the Suitcase
The Woman
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974
Chantal Akerman: An Interview
Chantal Akerman
Mallet-Stevens Street
1986
Chantal Akerman, an autobiography
2006
Saute ma ville
The Girl
Examen d'entrée INSAS
1967
Self / Appearances (39)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 2 eps
Ciné regards
Self · 2 eps
Down There
Self (voice)
Grands mères
Self · 1 eps
Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
Self
Son chant
Self
Family Business
Self
Pictures of Europe
Self
Guest
Self
From the Other Side
Self (Narrator - Interviewer)
Birth of a Nation
Self
What Is Cinema?
Self
Delphine and Carole
Self (archive footage)
In Her Own Words
Self
Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman
Self
One Day Pina Asked...
Self (uncredited)
Chantal Akerman, From Here
Self
Calling the Shots
Self
Tell Me
Self
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
Self
The Day When...
Self
The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
Self (uncredited)
The Ministries of Art
Self
News from Home
Self - Letter Reader (voice)
Chantal Akerman: Always on the Road
Self (archive footage)
No Home Movie
Self
De droomproducenten
Self
Around Jeanne Dielman
Self
La chambre
Self - On Her Bed
Making of Tomorrow We Move
self
The Art of Time
Self
Interview with Babette Mangolte
Self
Maniac Summer
Self
Interview with my Mother, Natalia Akerman
Self
My Mother Laughs Prelude
Self
Chantal Akerman
Self
Knokke: Une petite fiction 2
Self (uncredited)
Autour de La Folie Almayer
Self
But Elsewhere Is Always Better
Self
Directing (63)
Golden Eighties
Director
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Director
A Couch in New York
Director
The Captive
Director
Portrait of a Lazy Woman
Director
Down There
Director
The Meetings of Anna
Director
Je Tu Il Elle
Director
Grands mères
Director
Toute une nuit
Director
All the Boys and Girls of Their Time
Director
Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
Director
Family Business
Director
From the Other Side
Director
Hôtel des Acacias
Co-Director
Lest We Forget
Director
Moving In
Director
On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!
Co-Director
Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels
Director
Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman
Director
Seven Women, Seven Sins
Director
East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Director
One Day Pina Asked...
Director
The Eighties
Director
American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy
Director
Bruxelles: À la Foire du Midi
Director
The State of the World
Director
Tell Me
Director
Letters Home
Director
Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas
Director
The Man with the Suitcase
Director
For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador
Director
The Day When...
Director
The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
Director
With Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Director
From the East
Director
Almayer's Folly
Director
Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
Director
Tomorrow We Move
Director
News from Home
Director
I'm Hungry, I'm Cold
Director
Mallet-Stevens Street
Director
Night and Day
Director
No Home Movie
Director
South
Director
Hotel Monterey
Director
Saute ma ville
Director
La chambre
Director
Making of Tomorrow We Move
Director
Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher
Director
Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn
Director
Le 15/8
Director
Interview with Babette Mangolte
Director
Knokke: Une petite fiction
Director
Maniac Summer
Director
Interview with my Mother, Natalia Akerman
Director
Nightfall in Shanghai
Director
My Mother Laughs Prelude
Director
Knokke: Une petite fiction 2
Director
Examen d'entrée INSAS
Director
Now
Director
The Hammer
Director
Hanging Out Yonkers
Director
Writing (32)
Golden Eighties
Writer
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Writer
A Couch in New York
Screenplay
A Couch in New York
Dialogue
The Captive
Writer
Portrait of a Lazy Woman
Writer
Down There
Writer
The Meetings of Anna
Writer
Je Tu Il Elle
Writer
Toute une nuit
Screenplay
Family Business
Writer
From the Other Side
Writer
Hôtel des Acacias
Writer
Moving In
Writer
Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels
Writer
Seven Women, Seven Sins
Writer
The Eighties
Writer
The Man with the Suitcase
Writer
The Day When...
Writer
The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
Writer
From the East
Writer
Almayer's Folly
Writer
Tomorrow We Move
Writer
News from Home
Writer
Mallet-Stevens Street
Writer
Night and Day
Writer
No Home Movie
Writer
South
Writer
Hotel Monterey
Writer
La chambre
Writer
Le 15/8
Writer
Hanging Out Yonkers
Writer
Producing (7)
Other Crew (12)
Down There
Cinematography
Down There
Sound
From the Other Side
Director of Photography
The State of the World
Director of Photography
No Home Movie
Director of Photography
No Home Movie
Sound
Around Jeanne Dielman
Editor
Le 15/8
Director of Photography
Le 15/8
Editor
Maniac Summer
Cinematography
Maniac Summer
Editor
Les variations Dielman
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