Chantal Akerman
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
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Morceaux de Cannes
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Delphine and Carole
Je Tu Il Elle
Pictures of Europe
Seven Women, Seven Sins
What Is Cinema?
All Movies (56)
- Chantal Akerman: Always on the Road2024 · as Self (archive footage)
- In Her Own Words2024 · as Self
- Autour de La Folie Almayer2022 · as Self
- Morceaux de Cannes2021
- Son chant2021 · as Self
- Delphine and Carole2020 · as Self (archive footage)
- Porto2017 · as (voice)
- On Belonging2016 · as Self
- But Elsewhere Is Always Better2016 · as Self
- No Home Movie2016 · as Self
- My Name is Chantal Akerman2016 · as Self
- I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman2015 · as Self
- What Lies Beneath the Sky2015 · as Narrator(voice)
- Chantal Akerman2013 · as Self
- What Is Cinema?2013 · as Self
- My Mother Laughs Prelude2012 · as Self
- Guest2011 · as Self
- Chantal Akerman, From Here2010 · as Self
- Maniac Summer2009 · as Self
- The Art of Time2009 · as Self
- Interview with Aurore Clément2007 · as Self
- Interview with Babette Mangolte2007 · as Self
- Interview with my mother, Natalia Akerman2007 · as Self
- Down There2006 · as Self (voice)
- Chantal Akerman, an autobiography2006
- Making of Tomorrow We Move2004 · as self
- From the Other Side2003 · as Self (Narrator - Interviewer)
- Birth of a Nation1997 · as Self
- Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman1997 · as Self
- The Day When...1997 · as Self
- Pictures of Europe1990 · as Self
- One Day Pina Asked...1989 · as Self (uncredited)
- The Ministries of Art1989 · as Self
- Calling the Shots1988 · as Self
- L'inhumaine1987 · as -
- Seven Women, Seven Sins1986 · as Film Director (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)
- Portrait of a Lazy Woman1986
- Mallet-Stevens Street1986
- She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps1985
- Family Business1984 · as Self
- Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman1984 · as Self
- De droomproducenten1984 · as Self
- The Man with the Suitcase1983 · as The Woman
- Tell Me1980 · as Self
- News from Home1977 · as Narrator (voice)
- Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles1976 · as Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)
- Chantal Akerman: An Interview1976 · as Chantal Akerman
- Autour de Jeanne Dielman1975 · as Self
- Je Tu Il Elle1974 · as Julie
- ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen1974
- La chambre1972 · as Self - On her bed
- The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman1971 · as Herself (uncredited)
- Untitled1970
- Saute ma ville1968 · as The girl
- Knokke: une petite fiction 21967 · as Self
- Examen d'entrée INSAS1967
All TV Shows (1)
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self