FILM DIRECTOR

Chantal Akerman

1950 - 2015

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chantal Akerman is the 188th most popular film director (up from 226th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 163rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Chantal Akerman ranks 188 out of 2,041. Before her are Alan J. Pakula, Kathryn Bigelow, Ed Wood, Sean Baker, Joris Ivens, and Arthur Penn. After her are Jafar Panahi, G. W. Pabst, Jean Negulesco, Dino Risi, Joel Schumacher, and Vincente Minnelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Chantal Akerman ranks 55. Before her are Prokopis Pavlopoulos, John F. Kelly, Ma Ying-jeou, Cybill Shepherd, Timothy M. Dolan, and Marianne Bachmeier. After her are Roza Otunbayeva, Sônia Braga, Bjarne Stroustrup, Julie Walters, Jussi Adler-Olsen, and Lakshmi Mittal. Among people deceased in 2015, Chantal Akerman ranks 57. Before her are Frei Otto, Faten Hamama, Mathieu Kérékou, Diana Douglas, James Horner, and Michele Ferrero. After her are Udo Lattek, Oliver Sacks, Zhelyu Zhelev, Kenzo Ohashi, Alfred G. Gilman, and Chandra Bahadur Dangi.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Chantal Akerman ranks 140 out of 1,190. Before her are Luce Irigaray (1930), Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787), Kevin De Bruyne (1991), Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837), Ambiorix (-100), and Bavo of Ghent (589). After her are Charles Michel (1975), Pierre Louÿs (1870), Petrus Plancius (1552), Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (1254), Marguerite Porete (1250), and Chantal Mouffe (1943).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Belgium

Among film directors born in Belgium, Chantal Akerman ranks 2. Before her are Agnès Varda (1928). After her are Jacques Feyder (1885), André Delvaux (1926), Jaco Van Dormael (1957), Raoul Servais (1928), Ulu Grosbard (1929), Gérard Corbiau (1941), Benoît Lamy (1945), Felix van Groeningen (1977), Lukas Dhont (1991), and Joachim Lafosse (1975).

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