Chantal Akerman

Career Overview

Chantal Akerman has 172 screen credits in a career dating back to 1967. Their work is anchored in the The State of the World universe with 1 titles. Signature works include Down There, Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, The Captive. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: female
Known Credits: 172
Birth Date: 1950-06-06
Birth Place: Brussels, Belgium

Known For

Associated Universes

The State of the World (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Delphine Seyrig (2 collaborations)
Jan Decorte (1 collaborations)
Henri Storck (1 collaborations)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (1 collaborations)
Yves Bical (1 collaborations)
Sylvie Testud (1 collaborations)
Stanislas Merhar (1 collaborations)
Olivia Bonamy (1 collaborations)
Liliane Rovère (1 collaborations)
Bérénice Bejo (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (58 credits)
- Chantal Akerman: Always on the Road
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- In Her Own Words
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Autour de La Folie Almayer
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Morceaux de Cannes
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Son chant
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Delphine and Carole
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Porto
  (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- On Belonging
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- But Elsewhere Is Always Better
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- No Home Movie
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- My Name is Chantal Akerman
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- What Lies Beneath the Sky
  Narrator(voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Chantal Akerman
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- What Is Cinema?
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- My Mother Laughs Prelude
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Guest
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Chantal Akerman, From Here
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Sodankylä Forever
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Maniac Summer
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- The Art of Time
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Interview with Aurore Clément
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Interview with Babette Mangolte
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Interview with my Mother, Natalia Akerman
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Down There
  Self (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Chantal Akerman, an autobiography
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Making of Tomorrow We Move
  self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- From the Other Side
  Self (Narrator - Interviewer)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Birth of a Nation
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- The Day When...
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Pictures of Europe
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- One Day Pina Asked...
  Self (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- The Ministries of Art
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Sieben Frauen, sieben Sünden
  Film Director (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- Calling the Shots
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- L'inhumaine
  -
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- Portrait of a Lazy Woman
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- Mallet-Stevens Street
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Family Business
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- De droomproducenten
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- The Man with the Suitcase
  The Woman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- Tell Me
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1980
- News from Home
  Self - Letter Reader (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
  Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Chantal Akerman: An Interview
  Chantal Akerman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Around Jeanne Dielman
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
  
  - Episode 31 (1978) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Episode 4 (1976) ... Self actor actors
  
  1975
- Je Tu Il Elle
  Julie
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- La chambre
  Self - On Her Bed
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
  Self (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Untitled
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- Blow Up My Town
  The Girl
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1968
- Examen d'entrée INSAS
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
- Knokke: Une petite fiction 2
  Self (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
camera (4 credits)
- No Home Movie
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2016
- The State of the World
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2007
- From the Other Side
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2003
- Le 15/8
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1973
directing (63 credits)
- No Home Movie
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- Now
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- My Mother Laughs Prelude
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Almayer's Folly
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!
  co-director
  
  directing
  
  2010
- Maniac Summer
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- The State of the World
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Nightfall in Shanghai
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Interview with Aurore Clément
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Interview with Babette Mangolte
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Interview with my Mother, Natalia Akerman
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Down There
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Tomorrow We Move
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- Making of Tomorrow We Move
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- With Sonia Wieder-Atherton
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- From the Other Side
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- The Captive
  director
  
  directing
  
  2000
- South
  director
  
  directing
  
  1999
- Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
  director
  
  directing
  
  1997
- The Day When...
  director
  
  directing
  
  1997
- A Couch in New York
  director
  
  directing
  
  1996
- Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels
  director
  
  directing
  
  1994
- From the East
  director
  
  directing
  
  1993
- Moving In
  director
  
  directing
  
  1993
- Lest We Forget
  director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- Night and Day
  director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador
  director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy
  director
  
  directing
  
  1989
- One Day Pina Asked...
  director
  
  directing
  
  1989
- Franz Schubert's Last Three Piano Sonatas
  director
  
  directing
  
  1989
- Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher
  director
  
  directing
  
  1989
- Sieben Frauen, sieben Sünden
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- Golden Eighties
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- Portrait of a Lazy Woman
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- Mallet-Stevens Street
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- Letters Home
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- The Hammer
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- The Eighties
  director
  
  directing
  
  1985
- Family Business
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- I'm Hungry, I'm Cold
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- The Man with the Suitcase
  director
  
  directing
  
  1983
- Toute une nuit
  director
  
  directing
  
  1982
- Hôtel des Acacias
  co-director
  
  directing
  
  1982
- Tell Me
  director
  
  directing
  
  1980
- The Meetings of Anna
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
- Hotel Monterey
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- News from Home
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Je Tu Il Elle
  director
  
  directing
  
  1974
- Le 15/8
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Hanging Out Yonkers
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- La chambre
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
  director
  
  directing
  
  1971
- Untitled
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- Blow Up My Town
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- Examen d'entrée INSAS
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
- Knokke: Une petite fiction 2
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
- Knokke: Une petite fiction
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
- Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
- Bruxelles: À la Foire du Midi
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
production (8 credits)
- No Home Movie
  producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- Almayer's Folly
  producer
  
  production
  
  2012
- No Vladimir
  supervising producer
  
  production
  
  2000
- Hôtel des Acacias
  production supervisor
  
  production
  
  1982
- Hotel Monterey
  producer
  
  production
  
  1976
- Je Tu Il Elle
  producer
  
  production
  
  1974
- La chambre
  producer
  
  production
  
  1972
- The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
  producer
  
  production
  
  1971
sound (2 credits)
- No Home Movie
  sound
  
  sound
  
  2016
- Down There
  sound
  
  sound
  
  2006
writing (31 credits)
- No Home Movie
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2016
- Almayer's Folly
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2012
- Down There
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2006
- Tomorrow We Move
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2004
- From the Other Side
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2003
- The Captive
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2000
- South
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1999
- The Day When...
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1997
- A Couch in New York
  dialogue
  
  writing
  
  1996
- Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1994
- From the East
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1993
- Moving In
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1993
- Night and Day
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1991
- Sieben Frauen, sieben Sünden
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1988
- Golden Eighties
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1986
- Portrait of a Lazy Woman
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1986
- Mallet-Stevens Street
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1986
- The Eighties
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1985
- Family Business
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1984
- The Man with the Suitcase
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1983
- Toute une nuit
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1982
- Hôtel des Acacias
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1982
- The Meetings of Anna
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1978
- Hotel Monterey
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1976
- News from Home
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1976
- Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1976
- Je Tu Il Elle
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1974
- Le 15/8
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1973
- Hanging Out Yonkers
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1973
- La chambre
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1972
- The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1971
crew (3 credits)
- Les variations Dielman
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2010
- Maniac Summer
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2009
- Down There
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2006
editing (3 credits)
- Maniac Summer
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2009
- Around Jeanne Dielman
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1975
- Le 15/8
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1973