Belgian film director (1950–2015)
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]
^ Donadio, Rachel; Buckley, Clara (6 October 2015). "Chantal Akerman, Pioneering Belgian Filmmaker, Dies at 65" . The New York Times . Retrieved 6 October 2015 .
^ Maya Gallus. (2021, June 16). Dazzling beauty: The cinema of Chantal Akerman. POV Magazine.
^ "The Greatest Films of All Time" . BFI . Retrieved 20 May 2023 .
^ 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 .
^ "Brilliant and radical, Chantal Akerman deserves to top Sight and Sound's greatest films poll" . the Guardian . 1 December 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
^ "Chantal Akerman first woman to top Sight and Sound's greatest all-time films poll" . the Guardian . 1 December 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
^ 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 .
^ Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey , ed. (2003). Identity and Memory: The Films of Chantal Akerman . SIU Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0809325139 .
^ Donadio, Rachel (25 March 2016). "The Director's Director: Chantal Akerman" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
^ "Chantal Akerman: a director with a rare creative vision" . the Guardian . 6 October 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
^ "Chantal Akerman: extraordinary artist of the everyday who we will miss for ever" . the Guardian . 8 October 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
^ Atkinson, Nathalie. "How Chantal Akerman's modernist masterpiece changed cinema" . www.bbc.com . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
^ Schmid, Marion; Wilson, Emma (2019). Chantal Akerman: Afterlives . Legenda/Modern Humanities Research Association. ISBN 978-1-78188-639-7 .
^ Hoberman, J. (6 October 2015). "Chantal Akerman, Resolutely Upending the Ordinary" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
^ Margulies, Ivone (1996). Nothing Happens: Chantal Akerman's Hyperrealist Everyday . Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-1723-4 .
^ White, Patricia (10 May 2019). On Chantal Akerman . Duke University Press. ISBN 978-1-4780-0491-2 .
^ Liptay, Fabienne; Tröhler, Margrit (2017). Chantal Akerman (in German). ET+K, Edition Text + Kritik. ISBN 978-3-86916-589-9 .