Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
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Chantal Akerman

Director 1950-06-06 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 cinemat...

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

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

1976 · Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)

Je Tu Il Elle

Je Tu Il Elle

1974 · Julie

News from Home

News from Home

1976 · Self - Letter Reader (voice)

Blow Up My Town

Blow Up My Town

1968 · The Girl

Porto

Porto

2017 · (voice)

La chambre

La chambre

1972 · Self - On Her Bed

No Home Movie

No Home Movie

2016 · Self

What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema?

2013 · Self

Portrait of a Lazy Woman

Portrait of a Lazy Woman

1986 · Movie

From the Other Side

From the Other Side

2003 · Self (Narrator - Interviewer)

I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman

I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman

2015 · Self

Delphine and Carole

Delphine and Carole

2020 · Self (archive footage)

Down There

Down There

2006 · Self (voice)

Seven Women, Seven Sins

Seven Women, Seven Sins

1986 · Film Director (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)

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

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

1971 · Self (uncredited)

Tell Me

Tell Me

1980 · Self

Family Business

Family Business

1984 · Self

The Man with the Suitcase

The Man with the Suitcase

1983 · The Woman

‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

1974 · Movie

She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps

She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps

1985 · Movie