Chantal Akerman (born June 6 1950) is a Belgian filmmaker and director based in Paris, who is known for her deconstructive style and pessimistic humor. Her films are based on her observations of identity, sexuality, and politics.

Chantal Akerman is a professor of film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where she conducts a summer workshop.

Filmography

• Saute my ville (Blow up my town)
• News from Home
• Les Rendez-vous d 'Anna
• Je, tu, il, elle
• Window Shopping
• Toute une nuit (All night long)
• Les Annèes 80 (The Eighties)
• Nuit et jour (Night and Day)
• D'Est (From the East)
• Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des annèes 60 à Bruxelles (Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 1960s in Brussels)
• Un Divan à New York (A Couch in New York)
• Sud
• La Captive.

External links

• Chantal Akerman Faculty Website European Graduate School
• Artist's page in Artfacts.Net with actual major exhibitions.