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

My Mother Laughs Prelude

Maniac Summer

Interview with Babette Mangolte

Interview with my Mother, Natalia Akerman

No Vladimir

Nightfall in Shanghai

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

Mallet-Stevens Street

Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas

The Day When...

She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

The Ministries of Art

From the Other Side

Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher

East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton

Family Business

Birth of a Nation

Letters Home

From the East

Moving In

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

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

Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman

No Home Movie

Delphine and Carole

Hôtel des Acacias

The Hammer

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman

What Is Cinema?

South

Golden Eighties

Je Tu Il Elle

I'm Hungry, I'm Cold

Toute une nuit

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

Portrait of a Lazy Woman

Guest

The Man with the Suitcase

One Day Pina Asked...