Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman was born on June 6, 1950, in Brussels, Belgium. Her full birth name is Chantal Anne Akerman. She was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor at the City College of New York. Throughout her career, she had various occupations such as author, cinematographer, screenwriter, photographer, film producer, actor, and film director. Akerman held Belgian nationality.

Chantal Akerman is known for her notable work "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles". Throughout her career, Akerman directed numerous films including "All Night Long", "Hanging Out Yonkers", "Les Rendez-vous d'Anna", "Toute une nuit", "American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy", "Night and Day", "Moving In", "A Couch in New York", "Tomorrow We Move", "La Captive", "Almayer's Folly", "News from Home", "Tell Me", "Les trois dernières sonates de Franz Schubert", "D'Est", and "No Home Movie".

Chantal Akerman passed away on October 5, 2015, in Paris.