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
Credits
- 2024 · Chantal Akerman - Always on the Move as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · applechedikal as A smiling woman looking straight at the camera
- 2022 · Autour de La Folie Almayer as Self
- 2020 · Delphine and Carole as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Porto as (voice)
- 2016 · But Elsewhere Is Always Better as Self
- 2016 · No Home Movie as Self
- 2016 · My Name is Chantal Akerman as Self
- 2015 · I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman as Self
- 2015 · What Lies Beneath the Sky as Narrator(voice)
- 2015 · Son chant as Self
- 2013 · Chantal Akerman as Self
- 2013 · What Is Cinema? as Self
- 2012 · My Mother Laughs Prelude as Self
- 2011 · Guest as Self
- 2010 · Chantal Akerman, From Here as Self
- 2010 · Sodankylä Forever as Self
- 2009 · Maniac Summer as Self
- 2009 · The Art of Time as Self
- 2007 · Interview with Aurore Clément as Self
- 2007 · Interview with my mother, Natalia Akerman as Self
- 2007 · Interview with Babette Mangolte as Self
- 2006 · Down There as Self (voice)
- 2004 · Autour d’hier aujourd’hui et demain (on déménage) as self
- 1997 · Birth of a Nation as Self
- 1997 · Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman as Self
- 1997 · The Day When... as Self
- 1990 · Pictures of Europe as Self
- 1989 · One Day Pina Asked... as Self (uncredited)
- 1989 · The Ministries of Art as Self
- 1987 · L'inhumaine as -
- 1986 · Seven Women, Seven Sins as Woman (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)
- 1986 · Portrait of a Lazy Woman as
- 1986 · Mallet-Stevens Street as
- 1985 · She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps as
- 1984 · Family Business as Self
- 1984 · Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman as Self
- 1984 · De droomproducenten as Self
- 1983 · The Man with the Suitcase as The Woman
- 1980 · Tell Me as Self
- 1977 · News from Home as Narrator (voice)
- 1976 · Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles as Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)
- 1976 · Chantal Akerman: An Interview as Chantal Akerman
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1975 · Autour de Jeanne Dielman as Self
- 1974 · Je Tu Il Elle as Julie
- 1974 · ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen as
- 1972 · La chambre as Self - On her bed
- 1971 · The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman as Herself (uncredited)
- 1968 · Blow Up My Town as The girl
- 1967 · Knokke: une petite fiction 2 as Self
- 1967 · Examen d'entrée INSAS as