Directing · Brussels, Belgium · Born June 6, 1950
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.
MovieChantal Akerman: Always on the Road
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieIn Her Own Words
2024
as Self
MovieAutour de La Folie Almayer
2022
as Self
MovieMorceaux de Cannes
2021
MovieSon chant
2021
as Self
MovieDelphine and Carole
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePorto
2017
as (voice)
On Belonging
2016
as Self
MovieBut Elsewhere Is Always Better
2016
as Self
MovieNo Home Movie
2016
as Self
My Name is Chantal Akerman
2016
as Self
MovieI Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
2015
as Self
What Lies Beneath the Sky
2015
as Narrator(voice)
MovieChantal Akerman
2013
as Self
MovieWhat Is Cinema?
2013
as Self
MovieMy Mother Laughs Prelude
2012
as Self
MovieGuest
2011
as Self
MovieChantal Akerman, From Here
2010
as Self
MovieManiac Summer
2009
as Self
MovieThe Art of Time
2009
as Self
MovieInterview with Babette Mangolte
2007
as Self
Interview with Aurore Clément
2007
as Self
MovieInterview with my mother, Natalia Akerman
2007
as Self
MovieDown There
2006
as Self (voice)
MovieChantal Akerman, an autobiography
2006
MovieMaking of Tomorrow We Move
2004
as self
MovieFrom the Other Side
2003
as Self (Narrator - Interviewer)
MovieBirth of a Nation
1997
as Self
MovieChantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
1997
as Self
MovieThe Day When...
1997
as Self
MoviePictures of Europe
1990
as Self
MovieOne Day Pina Asked...
1989
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThe Ministries of Art
1989
as Self
MovieCalling the Shots
1988
as Self
L'inhumaine
1987
as -
MovieSeven Women, Seven Sins
1986
as Film Director (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)
MoviePortrait of a Lazy Woman
1986
MovieMallet-Stevens Street
1986
MovieShe Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
1985
MovieFamily Business
1984
as Self
MovieLetter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman
1984
as Self
MovieDe droomproducenten
1984
as Self
MovieThe Man with the Suitcase
1983
as The Woman
MovieTell Me
1980
as Self
TVGrands mères
1980
as Self
TVCiné regards
1978
as Self
MovieNews from Home
1977
as Narrator (voice)
MovieJeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
1976
as Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)
MovieChantal Akerman: An Interview
1976
as Chantal Akerman
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
MovieAutour de Jeanne Dielman
1975
as Self
MovieJe Tu Il Elle
1974
as Julie
Movie‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974
MovieLa chambre
1972
as Self - On her bed
MovieThe Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
1971
as Herself (uncredited)
Untitled
1970
MovieSaute ma ville
1968
as The girl
MovieKnokke: une petite fiction 2
1967
as Self
MovieExamen d'entrée INSAS
1967
