Chantal Akerman
Known for: Directing
Born: June 6, 1950
Died: October 5, 2015
Place of birth: Brussels, 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.
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Filmography
93 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
8.0
Chantal Akerman: Always on the Road
2024
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In Her Own Words
2024
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Autour de La Folie Almayer
2022
2.0
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
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Son chant
2021
6.4
Delphine and Carole
2020
5.6
Porto
2017NR
On Belonging
2016
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But Elsewhere Is Always Better
2016
6.5
No Home Movie
2016NR
My Name is Chantal Akerman
2016
6.7
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
2015
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Now
2015NR
What Lies Beneath the Sky
2015
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Chantal Akerman
2013
6.4
What Is Cinema?
2013
8.0
My Mother Laughs Prelude
2012
6.8
Almayer's Folly
2012
6.0
Guest
2011
5.7
Chantal Akerman, From Here
2010
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Les variations Dielman
2010
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On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!
2010
8.0
Maniac Summer
2009
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The Art of Time
2009
7.0
East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton
2009
5.3
The State of the World
2007
7.5
Nightfall in Shanghai
2007
8.0
Interview with Babette Mangolte
2007NR
Interview with Aurore Clément
2007
8.0
Interview with my mother, Natalia Akerman
2007
5.3
Down There
2006
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Chantal Akerman, an autobiography
2006
5.9
Tomorrow We Move
2004
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Making of Tomorrow We Move
2004
5.9
With Sonia Wieder-Atherton
2003
7.1
From the Other Side
2003
5.7
The Captive
20008.0
No Vladimir
2000
6.4
South
1999
7.0
Birth of a Nation
1997
6.6
Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
1997
7.3
The Day When...
1997
5.9
A Couch in New York
1996
6.8
Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels
1994
5.0
All the Boys and Girls of Their Time
1994
7.0
From the East
1993
7.0
Moving In
1993NR
Monologues
1993
7.0
Lest We Forget
1991
5.8
Night and Day
1991
7.0
For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador
1991
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Pictures of Europe
1990
5.8
American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy
1989
6.1
One Day Pina Asked...
1989
7.5
Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas
1989
7.3
The Ministries of Art
1989
7.2
Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher
1989
9.0
Calling the Shots
1988NR
L'inhumaine
1987
6.5
Golden Eighties
1986
5.5
Seven Women, Seven Sins
1986
6.3
Portrait of a Lazy Woman
1986
7.6
Mallet-Stevens Street
1986
7.1
Letters Home
1986
6.8
The Hammer
1986
7.3
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
1985
6.1
The Eighties
1985
7.2
Family Business
1984
6.8
Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman
1984
6.5
I'm Hungry, I'm Cold
1984
4.6
Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
1984
10.0
De droomproducenten
1984
6.3
The Man with the Suitcase
1983
6.5
Toute une nuit
1982
6.8
Hôtel des Acacias
1982
6.2
Tell Me
1980
NR
Grands mères
1980
7.0
The Meetings of Anna
1978
5.0
Ciné regards
1978
7.0
News from Home
1977
6.1
Hotel Monterey
1976
7.4
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
1976
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Chantal Akerman: An Interview
1976
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
6.0
Around Jeanne Dielman
1975
6.6
Je Tu Il Elle
1974
7.8
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974
5.6
Le 15/8
1973
6.0
Hanging Out Yonkers
1973
5.4
La chambre
1972
6.6
The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
1971NR
Untitled
1970
6.2
Saute ma ville
1968
6.0
Examen d'entrée INSAS
1967
5.2
Knokke: Une petite fiction 2
19675.2
Knokke: Une petite fiction
19675.5
Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn
1967
5.2
Bruxelles: À la Foire du Midi
1967