Chantal Akerman

Director

Born: June 6, 1950
Died: October 5, 2015 (age 65)
From: 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,…

Filmography (89)

Chantal Akerman: Always on the Road (2024)
Self (archive footage)
In Her Own Words (2024)
Self
Autour de La Folie Almayer (2022)
Self
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Son chant (2021)
Self
Delphine and Carole (2020)
Self (archive footage)
Porto (2017)
(voice)
On Belonging
On Belonging (2016)
Self
But Elsewhere Is Always Better (2016)
Self
No Home Movie (2016)
Director
My Name is Chantal Akerman
My Name is Chantal Akerman (2016)
Self
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman (2015)
Self
Now (2015)
Director
What Lies Beneath the Sky
What Lies Beneath the Sky (2015)
Narrator(voice)
Chantal Akerman (2013)
Self
What Is Cinema? (2013)
Self
My Mother Laughs Prelude (2012)
Director
Almayer's Folly (2012)
Director
Guest (2011)
Self
Chantal Akerman, From Here (2010)
Self
Maniac Summer (2009)
Director
The Art of Time (2009)
Self
East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton (2009)
Director
The State of the World (2007)
Director
Nightfall in Shanghai (2007)
Director
Interview with Aurore Clément
Interview with Aurore Clément (2007)
Director
Interview with Babette Mangolte (2007)
Director
Interview with my mother, Natalia Akerman (2007)
Director
Down There (2006)
Director
Chantal Akerman, an autobiography (2006)