Chantal Akerman
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| Chantal Akerman | |
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| Born | June 6, 1950 Brussels, Belgium |
| Years active | 1968 - |
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. She is currently represented by the Marian Goodman Gallery in New York and Paris.
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[edit] Early life
Chantal Akerman was inspired toward 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 film school, but left after three months. In 1968, at the age of 18, she finished her first short film Saute ma ville.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 à demandé... (1982)
- Hôtel des Acacias (1982)
- Toute une nuit (1982)
- Les Années 80 (1983)
- L'homme à la valise (1983)
- Lettre d'une cinéaste: Chantal Akerman (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, US title "Window Shopping")
- Histoires d'Amérique: Food, Family and Philosophy (1988)
- Les Trois Dernières Sonates de Franz Schubert (1990)
- Contre l'oubli: Pour Febe Elisabeth Velasquez (1991)
- Nuit et Jour (1991)
- Le Déménagement (1992)
- Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des années 80 (1993)
- D'Est (1993)
- Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des années 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)
[edit] External links
- Chantal Akerman at the Internet Movie Database
- Artist's page in Artfacts.Net with actual major exhibitions.
- Interview with Chantal Akerman
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| NAME | Akerman, Chantal |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1950-6-6 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels, Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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