Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman | |
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Akerman in 2012 | |
| Born | Chantal Anne Akerman 6 June 1950 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 5 October 2015 (aged 65) Paris, France |
| Burial place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor |
| Years active | 1968–2015 |
| Notable work | |
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.
Akerman is best known for her films Je Tu Il Elle (1974), Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), and News from Home (1976). The second 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 other two films also appeared in the same poll.