Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman
Akerman in 2012
Born
Chantal Anne Akerman

(1950-06-06)6 June 1950
Brussels, Belgium
Died5 October 2015(2015-10-05) (aged 65)
Paris, France
Burial placePère Lachaise Cemetery
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor
Years active1968–2015
Notable workJeanne 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]

According to multiple critics and film scholars, Akerman's influence on feminist and avant-garde cinema is substantial,[8][9][10][11] with at least one scholar calling her "one of the most significant directors of our times."[12][13][14][15][16][17]

  1. ^ Donadio, Rachel; Buckley, Clara (6 October 2015). "Chantal Akerman, Pioneering Belgian Filmmaker, Dies at 65". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  2. ^ Maya Gallus. (2021, June 16). Dazzling beauty: The cinema of Chantal Akerman. POV Magazine.
  3. ^ "The Greatest Films of All Time". BFI. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  4. ^ Ugwu, Reggie (1 December 2022). "Chantal Akerman's 'Jeanne Dielman' Named Greatest Film of All Time in Sight and Sound Poll". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Brilliant and radical, Chantal Akerman deserves to top Sight and Sound's greatest films poll". the Guardian. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Chantal Akerman first woman to top Sight and Sound's greatest all-time films poll". the Guardian. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  7. ^ Ritman, Alex (1 December 2022). "Chantal Akerman's 'Jeanne Dielman' Becomes First Female-Directed Film to Top BFI-Backed Critics' Poll of Greatest Films of All Time". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  8. ^ Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey, ed. (2003). Identity and Memory: The Films of Chantal Akerman. SIU Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0809325139.
  9. ^ Donadio, Rachel (25 March 2016). "The Director's Director: Chantal Akerman". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Chantal Akerman: a director with a rare creative vision". the Guardian. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Chantal Akerman: extraordinary artist of the everyday who we will miss for ever". the Guardian. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  12. ^ Atkinson, Nathalie. "How Chantal Akerman's modernist masterpiece changed cinema". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  13. ^ Schmid, Marion; Wilson, Emma (2019). Chantal Akerman: Afterlives. Legenda/Modern Humanities Research Association. ISBN 978-1-78188-639-7.
  14. ^ Hoberman, J. (6 October 2015). "Chantal Akerman, Resolutely Upending the Ordinary". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  15. ^ Margulies, Ivone (1996). Nothing Happens: Chantal Akerman's Hyperrealist Everyday. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-1723-4.
  16. ^ White, Patricia (10 May 2019). On Chantal Akerman. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-1-4780-0491-2.
  17. ^ Liptay, Fabienne; Tröhler, Margrit (2017). Chantal Akerman (in German). ET+K, Edition Text + Kritik. ISBN 978-3-86916-589-9.

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