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Chantal Akerman(1950-2015)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actress
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Chantal Akerman
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Chantal Akerman was born on 6 June 1950 in Brussels, Belgium. She was a director and writer, known for Meetings with Anna (1978), I, You, He, She (1974) and Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975). She was married to Sonia Wieder-Atherton. She died on 5 October 2015 in Paris, France.
BornJune 6, 1950
DiedOctober 5, 2015(65)
BornJune 6, 1950
DiedOctober 5, 2015(65)
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  • Awards
    • 10 wins & 18 nominations total

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Known for

Meetings with Anna (1978)
Meetings with Anna
7.3
  • Director
  • 1978
I, You, He, She (1974)
I, You, He, She
6.6
  • Director
  • 1974
Delphine Seyrig in Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
7.5
  • Director(as Chantal Anne Akerman)
  • 1975
A Couch in New York (1996)
A Couch in New York
5.9
  • Director
  • 1996

Credits

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Director

  • Chantal Akerman: Her First Look Behind the Camera (2023)
    Chantal Akerman: Her First Look Behind the Camera
    Short
    • Director
    • 2023
  • No Home Movie (2015)
    No Home Movie
    6.6
    • Director
    • 2015
  • Almayer's Folly (2011)
    Almayer's Folly
    6.4
    • Director
    • 2011
  • À l'Est avec Sonia Wieder-Atherton (2009)
    À l'Est avec Sonia Wieder-Atherton
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2009
  • Women from Antwerp in November
    8.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 2008
  • Entretien avec ma mère
    8.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 2007
  • State of the World (2007)
    State of the World
    5.8
    • Director (segment "Tombée de nuit sur Shanghai")
    • 2007
  • Down There (2006)
    Down There
    6.6
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Autour d'hier aujourd'hui et demain (on déménage)
    • Director
    • 2004
  • Tomorrow We Move (2004)
    Tomorrow We Move
    5.9
    • Director
    • 2004
  • With Sonia Wieder-Atherton (2003)
    With Sonia Wieder-Atherton
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2003
  • From the Other Side (2002)
    From the Other Side
    6.9
    • Director
    • 2002
  • The Captive (2000)
    The Captive
    6.0
    • Director
    • 2000
  • South (1999)
    South
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1999
  • Le jour où...
    6.6
    Short
    • Director
    • 1997

Writer

  • Addictions (2016)
    Addictions
    7.4
    Short
    • collaborating writer
    • 2016
  • No Home Movie (2015)
    No Home Movie
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 2015
  • Almayer's Folly (2011)
    Almayer's Folly
    6.4
    • Writer
    • 2011
  • Women from Antwerp in November
    8.8
    Short
    • written by
    • 2008
  • Entretien avec ma mère
    8.0
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2007
  • Down There (2006)
    Down There
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 2006
  • Tomorrow We Move (2004)
    Tomorrow We Move
    5.9
    • scenario and dialogue
    • 2004
  • With Sonia Wieder-Atherton (2003)
    With Sonia Wieder-Atherton
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 2003
  • From the Other Side (2002)
    From the Other Side
    6.9
    • Writer
    • 2002
  • The Captive (2000)
    The Captive
    6.0
    • scenario
    • 2000
  • South (1999)
    South
    7.0
    • writer
    • 1999
  • A Couch in New York (1996)
    A Couch in New York
    5.9
    • dialogue
    • scenario
    • 1996
  • Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles (1994)
    Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge...
    7.8
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1994
  • From the East (1993)
    From the East
    7.2
    • writer
    • 1993
  • Monologues
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1993

Actress

  • The Lost Days
    • (voice)
    • 1999
  • Seven Women, Seven Sins (1986)
    Seven Women, Seven Sins
    5.9
    • Woman (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)
    • 1986
  • She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps (1985)
    She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
    6.9
    • 1985
  • Télévision de chambre (1982)
    Télévision de chambre
    4.2
    TV Series
    • La femme
    • 1984
  • 5% de risque (1980)
    5% de risque
    5.9
    • L'étudiante qui ne comprend pas
    • 1980
  • Le 15/8 (1975)
    Le 15/8
    6.2
    Short
    • 1975
  • Delphine Seyrig in Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
    7.5
    • Neighbor (voice, uncredited)
    • 1975
  • I, You, He, She (1974)
    I, You, He, She
    6.6
    • Julie
    • 1974
  • 'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) (1974)
    'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974)
    6.6
    • 1974
  • La chambre (1972)
    La chambre
    5.9
    Short
    • Elle-même - Sur son lit
    • 1972
  • Saute ma ville (1971)
    Saute ma ville
    6.3
    Short
    • The girl
    • 1971
  • Examen d'entrée INSAS
    5.5
    Short
    • 1967

Videos7

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Bande-annonce [OV]
Trailer 2:11
Bande-annonce [OV]
Bande-annonce [OV]
Trailer 2:11
Bande-annonce [OV]
No Home Movie
Trailer 1:27
No Home Movie
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
Trailer 1:58
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
What is Cinema?
Trailer 1:31
What is Cinema?
CHANTAL AKERMAN FROM HERE Trailer
Trailer 1:17
CHANTAL AKERMAN FROM HERE Trailer

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Chantal Ackerman
  • Born
    • June 6, 1950
    • Brussels, Belgium
  • Died
    • October 5, 2015
    • Paris, France(suicide)
  • Spouse
    • Sonia Wieder-Atherton? - October 5, 2015 (her death)
  • Other works
    Book: "Ma Mère rit". Paris: Mercure de France. ISBN 2715234732
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 8 Print Biographies
    • 8 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Her grandparents and her mother were sent to Auschwitz; only her mother came back. This was a very important factor in her personal experience.
  • Quotes
    [on Delphine Seyrig] The French film establishment never forgave her for her outspokenness. If she had not been so beautiful, so aristocratic, it might not have been so bad. But the incongruity between their fantasy of her and what she was- a total feminist activist to the end of her life- they couldn't tolerate that. She was as much of a force in our lives as on the screen, and that's something very rare.

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