Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman

Directing

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…

Filmography

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Morceaux de Cannes ★ 2.0 Morceaux de Cannes 2021 Porto ★ 5.6 Porto 2017 No Home Movie ★ 6.5 No Home Movie 2016 Now Now 2015 What Lies Beneath the Sky What Lies Beneath the Sky 2015 My Mother Laughs Prelude My Mother Laughs Prelude 2012 Almayer's Folly ★ 6.8 Almayer's Folly 2012 On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! 2010 Maniac Summer Maniac Summer 2009 East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton ★ 7.0 East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton 2009 The State of the World ★ 5.3 The State of the World 2007 Nightfall in Shanghai ★ 8.0 Nightfall in Shanghai 2007 Interview with Aurore Clément Interview with Aurore Clément 2007 Interview with Babette Mangolte Interview with Babette Mangolte 2007 Interview with my mother, Natalia Akerman Interview with my mother, Natalia Akerman 2007 Down There ★ 5.4 Down There 2006 Chantal Akerman, an autobiography Chantal Akerman, an autobiography 2006 Tomorrow We Move ★ 5.9 Tomorrow We Move 2004 Making of Tomorrow We Move Making of Tomorrow We Move 2004 With Sonia Wieder-Atherton ★ 7.0 With Sonia Wieder-Atherton 2003 From the Other Side ★ 7.0 From the Other Side 2003 The Captive ★ 5.6 The Captive 2000 No Vladimir ★ 8.0 No Vladimir 2000 South ★ 6.3 South 1999 Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman ★ 6.6 Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman 1997 The Day When... ★ 7.0 The Day When... 1997 A Couch in New York ★ 5.9 A Couch in New York 1996 Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 60s in Brussels ★ 6.7 Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 60s in Brussels 1994 All the Boys and Girls of Their Time ★ 5.0 All the Boys and Girls of Their Time 1994 From the East ★ 7.0 From the East 1993 Moving In ★ 7.2 Moving In 1993 Monologues Monologues 1993 Lest We Forget ★ 7.0 Lest We Forget 1991 Night and Day ★ 5.8 Night and Day 1991 For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador ★ 7.0 For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador 1991 American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy ★ 5.6 American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy 1989 One Day Pina Asked... ★ 5.8 One Day Pina Asked... 1989 Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas ★ 7.5 Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas 1989 Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher ★ 7.1 Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher 1989 L'inhumaine L'inhumaine 1987 Golden Eighties ★ 6.6 Golden Eighties 1986 Seven Women, Seven Sins ★ 5.5 Seven Women, Seven Sins 1986 Portrait of a Lazy Woman ★ 6.3 Portrait of a Lazy Woman 1986 Mallet-Stevens Street ★ 7.5 Mallet-Stevens Street 1986 Letters Home ★ 7.4 Letters Home 1986 The Hammer ★ 6.7 The Hammer 1986 She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps ★ 7.3 She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps 1985 The Eighties ★ 6.1 The Eighties 1985 Family Business ★ 7.3 Family Business 1984 Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman ★ 7.3 Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman 1984 I'm Hungry, I'm Cold ★ 6.3 I'm Hungry, I'm Cold 1984 Paris Seen By... 20 Years After ★ 4.6 Paris Seen By... 20 Years After 1984 The Man with the Suitcase ★ 6.3 The Man with the Suitcase 1983 Toute une nuit ★ 6.5 Toute une nuit 1982 Hôtel des Acacias ★ 6.8 Hôtel des Acacias 1982 Tell Me ★ 6.0 Tell Me 1980 The Meetings of Anna ★ 7.0 The Meetings of Anna 1978 News from Home ★ 7.0 News from Home 1977 Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles ★ 7.4 Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 1976 Chantal Akerman: An Interview Chantal Akerman: An Interview 1976 Autour de Jeanne Dielman ★ 6.0 Autour de Jeanne Dielman 1975 Je Tu Il Elle ★ 6.5 Je Tu Il Elle 1974 ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen ★ 7.8 ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen 1974 Hotel Monterey ★ 6.2 Hotel Monterey 1973 Le 15/8 ★ 5.6 Le 15/8 1973 Hanging Out Yonkers ★ 5.7 Hanging Out Yonkers 1973 La chambre ★ 5.4 La chambre 1972 The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman ★ 6.6 The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman 1971 Untitled Untitled 1970 Saute ma ville ★ 6.3 Saute ma ville 1968 Knokke: une petite fiction ★ 4.7 Knokke: une petite fiction 1967 Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn ★ 5.0 Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn 1967 Knokke: une petite fiction 2 ★ 4.7 Knokke: une petite fiction 2 1967 Bruxelles: à la Foire du Midi ★ 4.7 Bruxelles: à la Foire du Midi 1967 Examen d'entrée INSAS Examen d'entrée INSAS 1967