Chantal AKERMAN

Director

Country: BELGIUM

Biography

Born 1950 in Brussels. She made her first film Blow Up My Town when she was only eighteen. A versatile artist, she has since directed many features and documentaries, written books and made installations. Among her main works are: I, You, She, He (1975), Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), News From Home (1976), The Meetings of Anna (1978), All Night Long (1982), Golden Eighties (1985), American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy (1988), Night and Day (1991), From the East (1993), A Couch in New York (1996), South (1999), The Captive (1999), From the Other Side (2002) and Tomorrow We Move (2004). She has lived in Brussels, New York and Paris where she is now working.

Films presented in Cannes

2002 - DE L'AUTRE CÔTÉ - Out of Competition Cinematography, Director
2000 - LA CAPTIVE - Section parallèle Director
1999 - SUD - Section parallèle Director
1986 - GOLDEN EIGHTIES - Section parallèle Director
1984 - PARIS VU PAR' 20 ANS APRÈS - Section parallèle Director
1983 - LES ANNÉES 80 - Un Certain Regard Director, Screenplay
1977 - NEW FROM HOME - Out of Competition Voice, Director
1975 - JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE - 1080 BRUXELLES - Section parallèle Director

Member of the Jury

2005 - Courts métrages Cinéfondation - Member