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.

Known For: Directing

Born: Brussels, Belgium, 1950-06-06

Died: 2015-10-05

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	Examen d'entrée INSAS		0
2	1967	Knokke: une petite fiction 2	Self	55
3	1968	Blow Up My Town	The girl	64
4	1971	The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman	Herself (uncredited)	58
5	1972	La chambre	Self - On her bed	52
6	1974	‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen		79
7	1974	Je Tu Il Elle	Julie	64
8	1975	Autour de Jeanne Dielman	Self	60
9	1976	Chantal Akerman: An Interview	Chantal Akerman	0
10	1976	Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles	Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)	74
11	1977	News from Home	Narrator (voice)	71
12	1980	Tell Me	Self	54
13	1983	The Man with the Suitcase	The Woman	61
14	1984	De droomproducenten	Self	0
15	1984	Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman	Self	60
16	1984	Family Business	Self	70
17	1985	She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps		74
18	1986	Mallet-Stevens Street		0
19	1986	Seven Women, Seven Sins	Woman (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)	58
20	1986	Portrait of a Lazy Woman		67
21	1987	L'inhumaine	-	0
22	1989	The Ministries of Art	Self	63
23	1989	One Day Pina Asked...	Self (uncredited)	55
24	1990	Pictures of Europe	Self	0
25	1997	The Day When...	Self	70
26	1997	Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman	Self	60
27	1997	Birth of a Nation	Self	63
28	2003	From the Other Side	Self (Narrator - Interviewer)	68
29	2004	Autour d’hier aujourd’hui et demain (on déménage)	self	0
30	2006	Down There	Self (voice)	48
31	2007	Interview with Aurore Clément	Self	0
32	2007	Interview with Babette Mangolte	Self	0
33	2007	Interview with my mother, Natalia Akerman	Self	0
34	2009	The Art of Time	Self	0
35	2009	Maniac Summer	Self	0
36	2010	Sodankylä Forever	Self	0
37	2010	Chantal Akerman, From Here	Self	57
38	2011	Guest	Self	60
39	2012	My Mother Laughs Prelude	Self	0
40	2013	What Is Cinema?	Self	64
41	2013	Chantal Akerman	Self	0
42	2015	What Lies Beneath the Sky	Narrator(voice)	0
43	2015	Son chant	Self	0
44	2015	I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman	Self	65
45	2016	My Name is Chantal Akerman	Self	0
46	2016	No Home Movie	Self	68
47	2016	But Elsewhere Is Always Better	Self	0
48	2017	Porto	(voice)	57
49	2020	Delphine and Carole	Self (archive footage)	70
50	2022	Autour de La Folie Almayer	Self	0
51	2023	applechedikal	A smiling woman looking straight at the camera	0
52	2024	Chantal Akerman - Always on the Move	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60