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Born June 6, 1950 · 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.

No Home Movie
2016

Now
2015

My Mother Laughs Prelude
2012

Almayer's Folly
2012

Maniac Summer
2009

East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton
2009

The State of the World
2007

Nightfall in Shanghai
2007
Interview with Aurore Clément
2007

Interview with Babette Mangolte
2007

Interview with my mother, Natalia Akerman
2007

Down There
2006

Tomorrow We Move
2004

Making of Tomorrow We Move
2004

With Sonia Wieder-Atherton
2003

From the Other Side
2003

The Captive
2000

South
1999

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
1997

The Day When...
1997

A Couch in New York
1996

Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 60s in Brussels
1994

From the East
1993

Moving In
1993

Against Oblivion
1991

Night and Day
1991

For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador
1991

American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy
1989

One Day Pina Asked...
1989

Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas
1989

Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher
1989

Golden Eighties
1986

Seven Women, Seven Sins
1986

Portrait of a Lazy Woman
1986

Mallet-Stevens Street
1986

Letters Home
1986

The Hammer
1986

The Eighties
1985

Family Business
1984

Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman
1984

I'm Hungry, I'm Cold
1984

Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
1984

The Man with the Suitcase
1983

Toute une nuit
1982

Hôtel des Acacias
1982

Tell Me
1980

The Meetings of Anna
1978

News from Home
1977

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
1976

Je Tu Il Elle
1974

Hotel Monterey
1973

Le 15/8
1973

Hanging Out Yonkers
1973

The Chamber
1972

The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
1971
Untitled
1970

Saute ma ville
1968

Knokke: une petite fiction
1967

Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn
1967

Knokke: une petite fiction 2
1967

Bruxelles: à la Foire du Midi
1967

Examen d'entrée INSAS
1967

Chantal Akerman: Always on the Road
2024

In Her Own Words
2024

Autour de La Folie Almayer
2022

Son chant
2021

Delphine and Carole
2020

Porto
2017
On Belonging
2016

But Elsewhere Is Always Better
2016

No Home Movie
2016
My Name is Chantal Akerman
2016

I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
2015
What Lies Beneath the Sky
2015

Chantal Akerman
2013

What Is Cinema?
2013

My Mother Laughs Prelude
2012

Guest
2011

Chantal Akerman, From Here
2010

Sodankylä Forever
2010

Maniac Summer
2009

The Art of Time
2009
Interview with Aurore Clément
2007

Interview with Babette Mangolte
2007

Interview with my mother, Natalia Akerman
2007

Down There
2006

Making of Tomorrow We Move
2004

From the Other Side
2003

Birth of a Nation
1997

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
1997

The Day When...
1997