Portrait of Chantal Akerman

Directing

Chantal Akerman

Career

Active from 1967 to 2016, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Chantal Akerman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    1.5, average 4.8
  • Violence
    1.1, average 4.1
  • Crime
    0.7, average 3.6
  • Scare
    0.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Mother-Daughter Relationship 2
  • Philosophical 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Experimental Cinema 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Slow Paced 2
  • Immigrant Experience 2
  • Urban Isolation 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Introspective Drama 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • French Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

8 titles · average score 67
Porto
Porto (2017)
GoodWatch score 51

as (voice)

No Home Movie
No Home Movie (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer, Director

What Lies Beneath the Sky
What Lies Beneath the Sky (2015)

as Narrator(voice)

Now
Now (2015)

Director

Almayer's Folly
Almayer's Folly (2012)
GoodWatch score 75

Writer, Director

My Mother Laughs Prelude
My Mother Laughs Prelude (2012)

Director

On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!
On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! (2010)

Co-Director

Les variations Dielman
Les variations Dielman (2010)

Thanks

2000s

14 titles · average score 58
East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton
East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton (2009)

Director

Maniac Summer
Maniac Summer (2009)

Director, Cinematography

The State of the World
The State of the World (2007)
GoodWatch score 54

Director, Director of Photography

Interview with my Mother, Natalia Akerman
Interview with my Mother, Natalia Akerman (2007)

Director

Nightfall in Shanghai
Nightfall in Shanghai (2007)

Director

Interview with Babette Mangolte
Interview with Babette Mangolte (2007)

Director

Down There
Down There (2006)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Writer

Tomorrow We Move
Tomorrow We Move (2004)
GoodWatch score 56

Director, Writer

From the Other Side
From the Other Side (2003)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Writer

With Sonia Wieder-Atherton
With Sonia Wieder-Atherton (2003)

Director

The Captive
The Captive (2000)
GoodWatch score 60

Writer, Director

No Vladimir
No Vladimir (2000)

Supervising Producer

1990s

10 titles · average score 65
South
South (1999)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer, Director

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman (1997)

Director

The Day When...
The Day When... (1997)

Writer, Director

A Couch in New York
A Couch in New York (1996)
GoodWatch score 51

Dialogue, Director

Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels
Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels (1994)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Writer

From the East
From the East (1993)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Writer

Moving In
Moving In (1993)

Director, Writer

Night and Day
Night and Day (1991)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Writer

Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget (1991)

Director

For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador
For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador (1991)

Director

1980s

20 titles · average score 66
One Day Pina Asked...
One Day Pina Asked... (1989)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Sieben Frauen, sieben Sünden
Sieben Frauen, sieben Sünden (1988)
GoodWatch score 59

as Film Director (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)

Letters Home
Letters Home (1986)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Portrait of a Lazy Woman
Portrait of a Lazy Woman (1986)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer, Director

Golden Eighties
Golden Eighties (1986)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

Mallet-Stevens Street
Mallet-Stevens Street (1986)

Writer, Director

I'm Hungry, I'm Cold
I'm Hungry, I'm Cold (1984)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

Family Business
Family Business (1984)

Writer, Director

The Man with the Suitcase
The Man with the Suitcase (1983)

as The Woman

Hôtel des Acacias
Hôtel des Acacias (1982)
GoodWatch score 67

Co-Director, Production Supervisor

Toute une nuit
Toute une nuit (1982)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay, Director

Tell Me
Tell Me (1980)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

1970s

12 titles · average score 71
The Meetings of Anna
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer, Director

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1976)
GoodWatch score 85

as Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)

News from Home
News from Home (1976)
GoodWatch score 85

Director, Writer

Hotel Monterey
Hotel Monterey (1976)
GoodWatch score 55

Writer, Director

Chantal Akerman: An Interview
Chantal Akerman: An Interview (1976)

as Chantal Akerman

Around Jeanne Dielman
Around Jeanne Dielman (1975)

Editor

Je Tu Il Elle
Je Tu Il Elle (1974)
GoodWatch score 83

as Julie

Le 15/8
Le 15/8 (1973)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Writer

Hanging Out Yonkers
Hanging Out Yonkers (1973)

Director, Writer

La chambre
La chambre (1972)
GoodWatch score 56

Producer, Writer

The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman (1971)

Writer, Director

Untitled
Untitled (1970)

Director

1960s

6 titles · average score 67
Blow Up My Town
Blow Up My Town (1968)
GoodWatch score 67

as The Girl

Examen d'entrée INSAS
Examen d'entrée INSAS (1967)

Director

Bruxelles: À la Foire du Midi
Bruxelles: À la Foire du Midi (1967)

Director

Knokke: Une petite fiction 2
Knokke: Une petite fiction 2 (1967)

Director

Knokke: Une petite fiction
Knokke: Une petite fiction (1967)

Director

Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn
Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn (1967)

Director