Chantal Akerman | |
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![]() Akerman in 2012 | |
Born | Chantal Anne Akerman 6 June 1950 Brussels, Belgium |
Died | 5 October 2015 Paris, France | (aged 65)
Burial place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor |
Years active | 1968–2015 |
Notable work | Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, Je Tu Il Elle, Les Rendez-vous d'Anna, News from Home |
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]
She is best known for her films Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), News from Home (1976), and Je Tu Il Elle (1974); the first of these was ranked the greatest film of all time in Sight & Sound magazine's 2022 "Greatest Films of All Time" critics poll, making her the first woman to top the poll. The latter two films also rank lower in the same poll.[3][4][5][6][7]