1950, Brussels, Belgium — 2015, Paris, France
Biography
From the first films she shot in 1968 to her last installations in 2015, filmmaker, writer, actress and artist Chantal
Akerman developed a body of work that lies at the intersection of fiction, documentary, experimental film and the
film essay.
By constantly reinventing her formal vocabulary, her multi-faceted work transcends traditional narrative
norms. Her highly individual approach to questions of borders, migration, identity and the relationship between
personal and public space draws on all the potential of image, time, space and performance.