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Chantal Akerman
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Belgian film director, screenwriter, and educator (1950–2015)
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Chantal Akerman was a Belgian and French film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. Born in Etterbeek in 1950, she began her work period in 1968. Her notable work includes the film *Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles*. She was employed by the European Graduate School and the City University of New York. Akerman participated in Documenta 6, Documenta 11, the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, and the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. Her works are held in the collection of the MACBA Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art.
Akerman spoke and wrote in French, which was also her native language. She was married to Sonia Wieder-Atherton. She died in the 20th arrondissement of Paris in 2015. Her funeral was a significant event, and she is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery. Open Library lists her as an author with 21 works, including *Les rendez-vous d'Anna* and *Una familia en Bruselas*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Chantal Akerman, autoportrait
- Les rendez-vouz d'Anna
- Oṭobiyografyah spiralit
- Una familia en Bruselas
- Annem Gülüyor
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Film & TV
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,…
Known for
- Chantal Akerman: Always on the Road — Self (archive footage)2024
- In Her Own Words — Self2024
- Autour de La Folie Almayer — Self2022
- Son chant — Self2021
- Morceaux de Cannes2021
- Delphine and Carole — Self (archive footage)2020
- Porto — (voice)2017
- No Home Movie — Self2016
- My Name is Chantal Akerman — Self2016
- But Elsewhere Is Always Better — Self2016
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Key facts
- Born
- Chantal Anne Akerman , ( 1950-06-06 ) 6 June 1950, Brussels , Belgium
- Died
- 5 October 2015 (2015-10-05) (aged 65), Paris , France
- Burial place
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Occupations
- Film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor
- Years active
- 1968–2015
- Notable work
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles Je Tu Il Elle Les Rendez-vous d'Anna News from Home
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anne
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Etterbeek
- Place of death
- 20th arrondissement of Paris
- Spouse
- Sonia Wieder-Atherton
- Occupation
- video artist
- Educated at
- INSAS
- Employer
- City University of New York
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Participant in
- 2000 Cannes Film Festival
- Field of work
- film
- Image
- Chantal Akerman - video still (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Paris
- Significant event
- funeral
Show 12 more facts
- date of birth
- 1950-06-06
- date of death
- 2015-10-05
- manner of death
- Suicide
- Commons category
- Chantal Akerman
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Chantal Akerman
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- end of work period
- 2015-00-00
- birth name
- Chantal Anne Akerman
- archives at
- CINEMATEK
- described at URL
- v2.nl/people/chantal-akerman
- P12674
- Friedrich Leo
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Encyclopedic overview
Chantal Anne Akerman ( French: [ʃɑ̃tal akɛʁman]; 6 June 1950 – 5 October 2015) was a Belgian filmmaker, artist, and film professor at the City College of New York (2011–2015).
Akerman is best known for her films Je Tu Il Elle (1974), Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), and News from Home (1976). The second of these was ranked the greatest film of all time in Sight & Sound magazine's 2022 "Greatest Films of All Time" critics poll, making her the first woman to top the poll. The other two films also appeared in the same poll.
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