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Chantal Akerman
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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.
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Chantal Akerman's Filmography
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Chantal Akerman: Always on the Road
as Self (archive footage)
In Her Own Words
as Self
Autour de La Folie Almayer
as Self
Morceaux de Cannes
Son chant
as Self
Delphine and Carole
as Self (archive footage)
Porto
as (voice)
No Poster
On Belonging
as Self
But Elsewhere Is Always Better
as Self
No Home Movie
as Self
No Poster
My Name is Chantal Akerman
as Self
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
as Self
No Poster
What Lies Beneath the Sky
as Narrator(voice)
Chantal Akerman
as Self
What Is Cinema?
as Self
My Mother Laughs Prelude
as Self
Guest
as Self
Chantal Akerman, From Here
as Self
Maniac Summer
as Self
The Art of Time
as Self
Interview with Babette Mangolte
as Self
Interview with my Mother, Natalia Akerman
as Self
No Poster
Interview with Aurore Clément
as Self
Down There
as Self (voice)
Chantal Akerman, an autobiography
Making of Tomorrow We Move
as self
From the Other Side
as Self (Narrator - Interviewer)
Birth of a Nation
as Self
Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
as Self
The Day When...
as Self
Pictures of Europe
as Self
One Day Pina Asked...
as Self (uncredited)
The Ministries of Art
as Self
Calling the Shots
as Self
No Poster
L'inhumaine
as -
Portrait of a Lazy Woman
Seven Women, Seven Sins
as Film Director (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)
Mallet-Stevens Street
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
Family Business
as Self
Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman
as Self
De droomproducenten
as Self
The Man with the Suitcase
as The Woman
Tell Me
as Self
News from Home
as Self - Letter Reader (voice)
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
as Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)
Chantal Akerman: An Interview
as Chantal Akerman
Around Jeanne Dielman
as Self
Je Tu Il Elle
as Julie
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
La chambre
as Self - On Her Bed
The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
as Self (uncredited)
No Poster
Untitled
Blow Up My Town
as The Girl
Examen d'entrée INSAS
Knokke: Une petite fiction 2
as Self (uncredited)