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Chantal Akerman

Belgian film director, screenwriter, and educator (1950–2015)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1950-06-06
Died: 2015-10-05
Works: 21

Top works

Chantal Akerman, autoportrait
Les rendez-vouz d'Anna
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Una familia en Bruselas
Annem Gülüyor

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Film & TV

Directing · 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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: BE
Active from: 1950-06-06
Active to: 2015-10-05

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 67
Total plays: 110

Dubbed by the Village Voice as “arguably the most important European director of her generation,” Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman is known for making innovative films that have often earned comparison to those of Jean-Luc Godard or Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Although she rejects the label of “feminist filmmaker,” Akerman has become a guiding light in making films about the real issues faced by women, employing an experimental, deeply personal approach to her subjects. <a href="https://www.last.

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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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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Key dates

Born: 6 June 1950
Died: 5 October 2015

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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

Article

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.