Chantal Akerman
- Directing
- June 6, 1950 · Brussels, Belgium
- October 5, 2015
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Chantal Akerman: Always on the Road · Self
- In Her Own Words · Self
- Autour de La Folie Almayer · Self
- Morceaux de Cannes
- Son chant · Self
- Delphine and Carole · Self
- Porto · Voice
- On Belonging · Self
- But Elsewhere Is Always Better · Self
- No Home Movie · Self, Director
- My Name is Chantal Akerman · Self
- I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman · Self
- Now · Director
- What Lies Beneath the Sky · Narrator (Voice)
- Chantal Akerman · Self
- What Is Cinema? · Self
- My Mother Laughs Prelude · Self, Director
- Almayer's Folly · Director, Producer
- Guest · Self
- Chantal Akerman, From Here · Self
- Les variations Dielman · Thanks
- On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! · Co-Director
- Maniac Summer · Self, Director
- The Art of Time · Self
- East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton · Director
- The State of the World · Director, Cinematography
- Nightfall in Shanghai · Director
- Interview with Aurore Clément · Self, Director
- Interview with Babette Mangolte · Self, Director
- Interview with my Mother, Natalia Akerman · Self, Director
- Down There · Self, Director
- Chantal Akerman, an autobiography
- Tomorrow We Move · Director, Writer
- Making of Tomorrow We Move · Self, Director
- With Sonia Wieder-Atherton · Director
- From the Other Side · Self, Director
- The Captive · Director, Writer
- No Vladimir · Supervising Producer
- South · Director, Writer
- Birth of a Nation · Self
- Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman · Self, Director
- The Day When... · Self, Director
- A Couch in New York · Director, Screenplay
- Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels · Director, Writer
- All the Boys and Girls of Their Time · Director
- From the East · Director, Writer
- Moving In · Director, Writer
- Monologues · Director
- Lest We Forget · Director
- Night and Day · Director, Writer
- For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador · Director
- Pictures of Europe · Self
- American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy · Director
- One Day Pina Asked... · Self, Director
- Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas · Director
- The Ministries of Art · Self
- Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher · Director
- Calling the Shots · Self
- L'inhumaine · -
- Golden Eighties · Director, Writer
- Seven Women, Seven Sins · Film Director (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse), Director
- Portrait of a Lazy Woman · Director, Writer
- Mallet-Stevens Street · Director, Writer
- Letters Home · Director
- The Hammer · Director
- She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
- The Eighties · Director, Writer
- Family Business · Self, Director
- Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman · Self, Director
- I'm Hungry, I'm Cold · Director
- Paris Seen By... 20 Years After · Director
- De droomproducenten · Self
- The Man with the Suitcase · The Woman, Director
- Toute une nuit · Director, Screenplay
- Hôtel des Acacias · Writer, Production Supervisor
- Tell Me · Self, Director
- Grands mères · Self, Director
- The Meetings of Anna · Director, Writer
- Ciné regards · Self
- Hotel Monterey · Director, Writer