Chantal Akerman

Known for DirectingBorn 1950-06-06Died 2015-10-05Brussels, Belgium

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.Read more

Movies & web series

De droomproducenten

Calling the Shots

Chantal Akerman: Always on the Road

Nightfall in Shanghai

No Vladimir

‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas

Mallet-Stevens Street

Letters Home

She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps

The Ministries of Art

Moving In

Family Business

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman

East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton

With Sonia Wieder-Atherton

From the Other Side

The Day When...

Birth of a Nation

From the East

Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher

Lest We Forget

For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador

Almayer's Folly

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

The Meetings of Anna

News from Home

Delphine and Carole

No Home Movie

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

What Is Cinema?

Hôtel des Acacias

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman

The Hammer

Golden Eighties

Toute une nuit

The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman

South

Je Tu Il Elle

Portrait of a Lazy Woman

I'm Hungry, I'm Cold

Guest

The Man with the Suitcase

Saute ma ville

The Eighties

Tomorrow We Move

A Couch in New York