Chantal Akerman
Directing • Born 1950-06-06 – Died 2015-10-05
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
56 credits
Saute ma ville
Movie • 1968
The girl
Seven Women, Seven Sins
Movie • 1986
Film Director (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)
Je Tu Il Elle
Movie • 1974
Julie
News from Home
Movie • 1977
Narrator (voice)
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Movie • 1976
Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)
The Chamber
Movie • 1972
Self - On her bed
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
Movie • 1985
Pictures of Europe
Movie • 1990
Self
Chantal Akerman, From Here
Movie • 2010
Self
Guest
Movie • 2011
Self
Chantal Akerman: An Interview
Movie • 1976
Chantal Akerman
Knokke: une petite fiction 2
Movie • 1967
Self
Autour de La Folie Almayer
Movie • 2022
Self
Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
Movie • 1997
Self
No Home Movie
Movie • 2016
Self
The Man with the Suitcase
Movie • 1983
The Woman
Porto
Movie • 2017
(voice)
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
Movie • 2015
Self
L'inhumaine
Movie • 1987
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Tell Me
Movie • 1980
Self
The Ministries of Art
Movie • 1989
Self
What Is Cinema?
Movie • 2013
Self
Chantal Akerman: Always on the Road
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Family Business
Movie • 1984
Self
The Day When...
Movie • 1997
Self
My Name is Chantal Akerman
Movie • 2016
Self
Making of Tomorrow We Move
Movie • 2004
self
The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
Movie • 1971
Herself (uncredited)
What Lies Beneath the Sky
Movie • 2015
Narrator(voice)
Autour de Jeanne Dielman
Movie • 1975
Self
Birth of a Nation
Movie • 1997
Self
Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman
Movie • 1984
Self
Down There
Movie • 2006
Self (voice)
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
Movie • 1974
But Elsewhere Is Always Better
Movie • 2016
Self
Maniac Summer
Movie • 2009
Self
De droomproducenten
Movie • 1984
Self
Chantal Akerman
Movie • 2013
Self
Portrait of a Lazy Woman
Movie • 1986
Mallet-Stevens Street
Movie • 1986
Interview with Aurore Clément
Movie • 2007
Self
Interview with Babette Mangolte
Movie • 2007
Self
Interview with my mother, Natalia Akerman
Movie • 2007
Self
My Mother Laughs Prelude
Movie • 2012
Self
Delphine and Carole
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
One Day Pina Asked...
Movie • 1989
Self (uncredited)
Sodankylä Forever
Movie • 2010
Self
The Art of Time
Movie • 2009
Self
Son chant
Movie • 2021
Self
Examen d'entrée INSAS
Movie • 1967
From the Other Side
Movie • 2003
Self (Narrator - Interviewer)
Calling the Shots
Movie • 1988
Self
On Belonging
Movie • 2016
Self
Untitled
Movie • 1970
In Her Own Words
Movie • 2024
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self