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Chantal Akerman

Director, Writer

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Chantal Anne Akerman (born 6 June 1950) was a Belgian film director, artist and professor of film at the City College of New York. Her best-known film is Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975). According to film scholar Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Akerman's influence on feminist filmmaking and avant-garde cinema has been substantial.

Source: TMDB, May 2020

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Credits

Born
6 Jun 1950
Died
5 Oct 2015 (aged 65)
Production Places
Belgium

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

130030

TMDB-Person

130030

Wikidata

Q239823

VIAF

49220690

LOC Auth

n80071359

WorldCat

lccn-n80071359

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