Chantal Akerman
Directing
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.
Directed (62)
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
Acting (55)
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
