- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 6, 1950
- Place of Birth
- Brussels, Belgium
- Died
- October 5, 2015
Chantal Akerman
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
movieChantal Akerman: Always on the Road
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieIn Her Own Words
2024 · Self
movieAutour de La Folie Almayer
2022 · Self
movieMorceaux de Cannes
2021
movieSon chant
2021 · Self
movieDelphine and Carole
2020 · Self (archive footage)
moviePorto
2017 · (voice)
On Belonging
movieOn Belonging
2016 · Self
movieBut Elsewhere Is Always Better
2016 · Self
movieNo Home Movie
2016 · Self, Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Sound
My Name is Chantal Akerman
movieMy Name is Chantal Akerman
2016 · Self
movieI Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
2015 · Self
movieNow
2015 · Director
What Lies Beneath the Sky
movieWhat Lies Beneath the Sky
2015 · Narrator(voice)
movieChantal Akerman
2013 · Self
movieWhat Is Cinema?
2013 · Self
movieMy Mother Laughs Prelude
2012 · Self, Director
movieAlmayer's Folly
2012 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieGuest
2011 · Self
movieChantal Akerman, From Here
2010 · Self
movieLes variations Dielman
2010 · Thanks
movieOn bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!
2010 · Co-Director
movieManiac Summer
2009 · Self, Director, Cinematography, Editor
movieThe Art of Time
2009 · Self
movieEast with Sonia Wieder-Atherton
2009 · Director
movieThe State of the World
2007 · Director, Director of Photography
movieNightfall in Shanghai
2007 · Director
Interview with Aurore Clément
movieInterview with Aurore Clément
2007 · Self, Director
movieInterview with Babette Mangolte
2007 · Self, Director
movieInterview with my mother, Natalia Akerman
2007 · Self, Director
movieDown There
2006 · Self (voice), Director, Writer, Cinematography
movieChantal Akerman, an autobiography
2006
movieTomorrow We Move
2004 · Director, Writer
movieMaking of Tomorrow We Move
2004 · self, Director
movieWith Sonia Wieder-Atherton
2003 · Director
movieFrom the Other Side
2003 · Self (Narrator - Interviewer), Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieThe Captive
2000 · Director, Writer
No Vladimir
movieNo Vladimir
2000 · Supervising Producer
movieSouth
1999 · Director, Writer
movieBirth of a Nation
1997 · Self
movieChantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
1997 · Self, Director
movieThe Day When...
1997 · Self, Writer, Director
movieA Couch in New York
1996 · Director, Dialogue, Screenplay
moviePortrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels
1994 · Director, Writer
tvAll the Boys and Girls of Their Time
1994 · Director
movieFrom the East
1993 · Director, Writer
movieMoving In
1993 · Director, Writer
Monologues
tvMonologues
1993 · Director
movieLest We Forget
1991 · Director
movieNight and Day
1991 · Director, Writer
movieFor Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador
1991 · Director
moviePictures of Europe
1990 · Self
movieAmerican Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy
1989 · Director
movieOne Day Pina Asked...
1989 · Self (uncredited), Director
movieFranz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas
1989 · Director
movieThe Ministries of Art
1989 · Self
movieThree Stanzas on the Name of Sacher
1989 · Director
movieCalling the Shots
1988 · Self
L'inhumaine
movieL'inhumaine
1987 · -
movieGolden Eighties
1986 · Director, Writer
movieSeven Women, Seven Sins
1986 · Film Director (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse), Writer
moviePortrait of a Lazy Woman
1986 · , Director, Writer
movieMallet-Stevens Street
1986 · , Director, Writer
movieLetters Home
1986 · Director
movieThe Hammer
1986 · Director
movieShe Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
1985
movieThe Eighties
1985 · Director, Writer
movieFamily Business
1984 · Self, Writer, Director
movieLetter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman
1984 · Self, Director
movieI'm Hungry, I'm Cold
1984 · Director
movieParis Seen By... 20 Years After
1984 · Director
movieDe droomproducenten
1984 · Self
movieThe Man with the Suitcase
1983 · The Woman, Director, Writer
movieAll Night Long
1982 · Director, Screenplay
movieHôtel des Acacias
1982 · Writer, Production Supervisor, Co-Director
movieTell Me
1980 · Self, Director
movieThe Meetings of Anna
1978 · Director, Writer
movieNews from Home
1977 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
movieJeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
1976 · Neighbor (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer
movieChantal Akerman: An Interview
1976 · Chantal Akerman
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
movieAutour de Jeanne Dielman
1975 · Self, Editor
movieJe Tu Il Elle
1974 · Julie, Writer, Director, Producer
movie‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974
movieHotel Monterey
1973 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieLe 15/8
1973 · Director, Writer
movieHanging Out Yonkers
1973 · Writer, Director
movieLa chambre
1972 · Self - On her bed, Director, Editor, Writer
movieThe Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
1971 · Herself (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
Untitled
movieUntitled
1970 · , Director
movieSaute ma ville
1968 · The girl, Director
movieKnokke: une petite fiction 2
1967 · Self, Director
movieKnokke: une petite fiction
1967 · Director
movieBruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn
1967 · Director
movieBruxelles: à la Foire du Midi
1967 · Director
movieExamen d'entrée INSAS
1967 · , Director