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Chantal Anne Akerman (French: [ʃɑ̃tal akɛʁman]; 6 June 1950 – 5 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor at the City College of New York. [1] [2]
Chantal Akerman was born on 6 June 1950 in Brussels, Belgium. She was a director and writer, known for The Meetings of Anna (1978), Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) and I, You, He, She (1974). She was married to Sonia Wieder-Atherton.
Jun 2, 2024 · Chantal Akerman (born June 6, 1950, Brussels, Belgium—died October 5, 2015, Paris, France) was a Belgian filmmaker who explored the mundane details of ordinary life with a clear eye and a strong feminist sensibility. She directed over 40 films and created several art installations.
In the revolutionary first decade of her filmmaking career, Chantal Akerman devoted herself to nothing less than the total resculpting of cinematic time and space.
Nov 2, 2018 · How Chantal Akerman’s modernist masterpiece changed cinema. Jeanne Dielman came third in BBC Culture’s poll of the greatest films directed by women. It makes three hours of housework riveting...
Oct 7, 2015 · PARIS — Chantal Akerman, the Belgian director whose ruminative, meticulous observation of women’s inner lives, often using long takes, made her a pioneer in feminist and experimental ...
Dec 1, 2022 · For the first time in its 70-year history, an esteemed international poll of film experts has ranked a film directed by a woman as the greatest of all time. “Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce ...
