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Chantal Akerman (natural June 6 1950) is a Belgian filmmaker and director based in Paris, who is known for her deconstructive style & pessimistic humor. Her films come according to her observations of identity, gender, & politics.

Chantal Akerman occurs as prof of film at a European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where she conducts a summertime workshop.

Filmography

Je, tu, illinois, elle (We, Your family, He, She) (1974) Jeanne Dielman, Twenty-three Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1976) News from either House (1977) Les Rendez-vous d'Anna (1978) Toute une nuit (Through the night hanker) (1982) Les Annèes Eighty (A Eighties) (1983) Letters At home (1986) Window Concidering (1986) Histoires five hundred'Amérique (Western Stories) (1988) Nuit et jour (Nighttime & Day) (1991) D'Eastern standard time (From either a East) (1993) Un Divan à Up to date York (The Couch within Future York) (1996) Sud (South) (1999) La Captive (A Captive) (2000) De fifty'autre côté (From either a More Side) (2002) Demain in déménage (Tomorrow I personally Move) (2004)

BBC Films: Interview - Chantal Akerman
Belgian director of "La Captive" talks to David Wood.

Chantal Ackerman - Keeping a Distance
Feature by Janet Bergstrom from Sight and Sound magazine, examining the director's personal way of representing women.

Chantal Akerman - On Absence and Imagination in Documentary Film
Open discussion with the filmmaker at the European Graduate School.

IMDb: Chantal Akerman
Filmography.