Chantal Akerman
Directing · Born 1950-06-06 · age 65 at death · 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, 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.
Titles
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Je Tu Il Elle
News from Home
The Meetings of Anna
The Captive
Saute ma ville
Porto
A Couch in New York
La chambre
Toute une nuit
No Home Movie
From the East
Hotel Monterey
Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels
Almayer's Folly
Golden Eighties
Tomorrow We Move
Portrait of a Lazy Woman
From the Other Side
South
Night and Day
Down There
Seven Women, Seven Sins
The State of the World
The Eighties
Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
The Man with the Suitcase
Le 15/8
American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy
Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher
Letters Home
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
Tell Me
I'm Hungry, I'm Cold
Family Business
One Day Pina Asked...
Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
Moving In
With Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman
Mallet-Stevens Street
Lest We Forget
The Hammer
Knokke: une petite fiction
Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn
Knokke: une petite fiction 2
Bruxelles: à la Foire du Midi
Hanging Out Yonkers
All the Boys and Girls of Their Time
Autour de Jeanne Dielman
Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas
The Day When...
For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador
East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Hôtel des Acacias
Examen d'entrée INSAS
Morceaux de Cannes
No Vladimir