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'Chantal Akerman' (born June 6 1950) is a Belgian film director and artist currently residing in Paris. She is known for her deconstructive style and pessimistic humour. Her films often represent her observations of identity, sexuality and politics. She has been widely regarded as one of Europe’s prolific auteur filmmakers.

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Early life

New York

Films

External links

Early life

Chantal Akerman got introduced into filmmaking when she saw Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le fou at the age of 15. Akerman is a self-taught filmmaker. She briefly attended filmschool, but left after three months. In 1968, at the age of 18, she finished her first short film Saute ma ville.

New York

In 1971 Akerman moved to New York together with Samy Szlingerbaum. She frequently attended the Anthology Film Archives and got acquainted with American experimental film. Particularly the work of Michael Snow, Andy Warhol, Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas.
Other noted influences include Robert Bresson, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau and Yasujirō Ozu. Employing similar approaches - with lingering shots, minimal dialogue, deserted spaces, and symmetry - her films explore such themes as the passage of time and ritualistic behaviors.

Films

★ ''Saute ma ville'' (1968)

★ ''L'enfant aimé ou Je joue à être une femme mariée'' (1971)

★ ''La chambre'' (1972)

★ ''Hotel Monterey'' (1973)

★ ''Hanging Out Yonkers'' (1973)

★ ''Les grands-mères'' (1973)

★ ''Le 15/8'' (1973) (directed with Samy Szlingerbaum)

★ ''Je, tu, il, elle'' (1974)

★ ''Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles'' (1975)

★ ''News from Home'' (1977)

★ ''Les Rendez-vous d'Anna'' (1978)

★ ''Aujourd'hui, dis-moi, dis moi'' (1980)

★ ''Un jour Pina a demandé...'' (1982)

★ ''Hôtel des Acacias'' (1982)

★ ''Toute une nuit'' (1982)

★ ''Les Annees 80'' (1983)

★ ''L'homme à la valise'' (1983)

★ '' (1984)

★ ''J'ai faim, j'ai froid'' (1984)

★ ''New York, New York bis'' (1984)

★ ''Family Business'' (1984)

★ ''Letters home'' (1986)

★ ''Rue Mallet-Stevens'' (1986)

★ ''Le marteau'' (1986)

★ ''Portrait d'une paresseuse / Le Journal d'une paresseuse'' (1986)

★ ''Golden Eighties'' (1986)

★ '' (1988)

★ ''Les Trois Dernieres Sonates de Franz Schubert'' (1990)

★ '' (1991)

★ ''Nuit et Jour'' (1991)

★ ''Le Déménagement'' (1992)

★ ''Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des annees 80'' (1993)

★ ''D'Est'' (1993)

★ ''Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des annees 60 à Bruxelles'' (1994)

★ ''A Couch in New York'' (1996)

★ ''Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman'' (1996)

★ ''Sud'' (1998)

★ ''La Captive'' (2000)

★ ''De l'autre côté'' (2001)

★ ''Demain on déménage'' (2003)

External links

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★ Artist's page in Artfacts.Net with actual major exhibitions.

★ Interview with Chantal Akerman