Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman

Directing

Born June 6, 1950 · Brussels, Belgium

66 films as director · Active 1967–2016

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 Comme…

Known for

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

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

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

2015

Guest

Guest

2011

Je Tu Il Elle

Je Tu Il Elle

1974

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

1976

Ciné regards

Ciné regards

1978

Portrait of a Lazy Woman

Portrait of a Lazy Woman

1986

Morceaux de Cannes

Morceaux de Cannes

2021

Directed(66)

No Home Movie

2016No Home Movie★ 6.5

Now

Almayer's Folly

2012Almayer's Folly★ 6.8

My Mother Laughs Prelude

2012My Mother Laughs Prelude

On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!

2010On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!

East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton

2009East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton★ 7.0

Maniac Summer

2009Maniac Summer

The State of the World

2007The State of the World★ 5.3

Nightfall in Shanghai

2007Nightfall in Shanghai★ 8.0

2007Interview with Aurore Clément

Interview with Babette Mangolte

2007Interview with Babette Mangolte

Interview with my mother, Natalia Akerman

2007Interview with my mother, Natalia Akerman

Down There

2006Down There★ 5.4

Tomorrow We Move

2004Tomorrow We Move★ 5.9

Making of Tomorrow We Move

2004Making of Tomorrow We Move

From the Other Side

2003From the Other Side★ 7.0

With Sonia Wieder-Atherton

2003With Sonia Wieder-Atherton★ 7.0

The Captive

2000The Captive★ 5.7

South

1999South★ 6.3

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman

1997Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman★ 6.6

The Day When...

1997The Day When...★ 7.0

A Couch in New York

1996A Couch in New York★ 5.9

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

1994Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels★ 6.7

From the East

1993From the East★ 7.0

Moving In

1993Moving In★ 7.2

Lest We Forget

1991Lest We Forget★ 7.0

Night and Day

1991Night and Day★ 5.8

For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador

1991For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador★ 7.0

One Day Pina Asked...

1989One Day Pina Asked...★ 5.8

American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy

1989American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy★ 5.6

Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher

1989Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher★ 7.1

Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas

1989Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas★ 7.5

Golden Eighties

1986Golden Eighties★ 6.6

The Hammer

1986The Hammer★ 6.7

Seven Women, Seven Sins

1986Seven Women, Seven Sins★ 5.5

Letters Home

1986Letters Home★ 7.4

Portrait of a Lazy Woman

1986Portrait of a Lazy Woman★ 6.3

Mallet-Stevens Street

1986Mallet-Stevens Street★ 7.5

The Eighties

1985The Eighties★ 6.1

Paris Seen By... 20 Years After

1984Paris Seen By... 20 Years After★ 4.6

Family Business

1984Family Business★ 7.3

I'm Hungry, I'm Cold

1984I'm Hungry, I'm Cold★ 6.3

Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman

1984Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman★ 7.3

The Man with the Suitcase

1983The Man with the Suitcase★ 6.3

All Night Long

1982All Night Long★ 6.5

Hôtel des Acacias

1982Hôtel des Acacias★ 6.8

Tell Me

1980Tell Me★ 6.0

The Meetings of Anna

1978The Meetings of Anna★ 7.0

News from Home

1977News from Home★ 7.0

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

1976Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles★ 7.4

Je Tu Il Elle

1974Je Tu Il Elle★ 6.5

Hotel Monterey

1973Hotel Monterey★ 6.2

Le 15/8

1973Le 15/8★ 5.6

Hanging Out Yonkers

1973Hanging Out Yonkers★ 5.7

La chambre

1972La chambre★ 5.4

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

1971The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman★ 6.6

Saute ma ville

1968Saute ma ville★ 6.3

Knokke: une petite fiction

1967Knokke: une petite fiction★ 4.7

Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn

1967Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn★ 5.0

Knokke: une petite fiction 2

1967Knokke: une petite fiction 2★ 4.7

Bruxelles: à la Foire du Midi

1967Bruxelles: à la Foire du Midi★ 4.7

Examen d'entrée INSAS

1967Examen d'entrée INSAS★ 6.0

Acting(59)

2024Chantal Akerman: Always on the RoadSelf (archive footage)

2024In Her Own WordsSelf

2022Autour de La Folie AlmayerSelf

Chantal Akerman — Watchpile | Watchpile

2021Morceaux de Cannes

2021Son chantSelf

2020Delphine and CaroleSelf (archive footage)

2017Porto(voice)

2016On BelongingSelf

2016But Elsewhere Is Always BetterSelf

2016No Home MovieSelf

2016My Name is Chantal AkermanSelf

2015I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal AkermanSelf

2015What Lies Beneath the SkyNarrator(voice)

2013Chantal AkermanSelf

2013What Is Cinema?Self

2012My Mother Laughs PreludeSelf

2010Chantal Akerman, From HereSelf

2009Maniac SummerSelf

2009The Art of TimeSelf

2007Interview with Babette MangolteSelf

2007Interview with Aurore ClémentSelf

2007Interview with my mother, Natalia AkermanSelf

2006Down ThereSelf (voice)

2006Chantal Akerman, an autobiography

2004Making of Tomorrow We Moveself

2003From the Other SideSelf (Narrator - Interviewer)

1997Birth of a NationSelf

1997Chantal Akerman by Chantal AkermanSelf

1997The Day When...Self

1990Pictures of EuropeSelf

1989One Day Pina Asked...Self (uncredited)

1989The Ministries of ArtSelf

1988Calling the ShotsSelf

1987L'inhumaine-

1986Seven Women, Seven SinsFilm Director (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)

1986Portrait of a Lazy Woman

1986Mallet-Stevens Street

1985She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps

1984Family BusinessSelf

1984Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal AkermanSelf

1984De droomproducentenSelf

1983The Man with the SuitcaseThe Woman

1980Tell MeSelf

1980Grands mèresSelf

1978Ciné regardsSelf

1977News from HomeNarrator (voice)

1976Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 BruxellesNeighbor (voice) (uncredited)

1976Chantal Akerman: An InterviewChantal Akerman

1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf

1975Autour de Jeanne DielmanSelf

1974Je Tu Il ElleJulie

1974‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

1972La chambreSelf - On her bed

1971The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married WomanHerself (uncredited)

1968Saute ma villeThe girl

1967Knokke: une petite fiction 2Self

1967Examen d'entrée INSAS