1950 - 2015
Chantal Anne Akerman (French: [ʃɑ̃tal akɛʁman]; 6 June 1950 – 5 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor at the City College of New York.She is best known for her films Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), News from Home (1976), and Je Tu Il Elle (1974); the first of these was ranked the greatest film of all time in Sight & Sound magazine's 2022 "Greatest Films of All Time" critics poll, making her the first woman to top the poll. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chantal Akerman has received more than 1,302,604 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Chantal Akerman is the 333rd most popular film director (up from 359th in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 235th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Chantal Akerman ranks 333 out of 1,581. Before her are Elem Klimov, Jerome Robbins, Jan de Bont, Marco Bellocchio, François Ozon, and Ub Iwerks. After her are John Boorman, Raúl Ruiz, Park Chan-wook, Edward Zwick, Makoto Shinkai, and Samuel Fuller.
1933 - 2003
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 327
1918 - 1998
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 328
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 329
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 330
1967 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 331
1901 - 1971
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 332
1950 - 2015
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 333
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 334
1941 - 2011
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 335
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 336
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 337
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 338
1912 - 1997
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 339
Among people born in 1950, Chantal Akerman ranks 83. Before her are Laura Gemser, Julius Erving, Ueli Maurer, Michael Ironside, Corinne Cléry, and Bobby McFerrin. After her are Bernie Taupin, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Alberto Juantorena, Anghel Iordănescu, William Sadler, and Mark Spitz. Among people deceased in 2015, Chantal Akerman ranks 87. Before her are Wayne Dyer, Cabu, Yaşar Kemal, Eldar Ryazanov, Licio Gelli, and Ruth Rendell. After her are Akiyuki Nosaka, Franzl Lang, Rose Francine Rogombé, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Philippe Honoré, and André Brink.
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 77
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 78
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 79
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 80
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 81
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 82
1950 - 2015
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 83
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 84
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 85
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 86
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 87
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 88
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 89
1940 - 2015
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 81
1938 - 2015
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 82
1923 - 2015
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 83
1927 - 2015
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 84
1919 - 2015
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 85
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 86
1950 - 2015
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 87
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 88
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 89
1942 - 2015
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 90
1937 - 2015
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 91
1941 - 2015
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 92
1935 - 2015
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 93
Among people born in Belgium, Chantal Akerman ranks 220 out of 1,019. Before her are Juan de Flandes (1450), Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870), Willy Claes (1938), Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962), Eugène Charles Catalan (1814), and Arthur Grumiaux (1921). After her are Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973), Antoine Wiertz (1806), Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), Rimbert (830), Adrien de Gerlache (1866), and Ida of Lorraine (1040).
1450 - 1519
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 214
1870 - 1948
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 215
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 216
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 217
1814 - 1894
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 218
1921 - 1986
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 219
1950 - 2015
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 220
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 221
1806 - 1865
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 222
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 223
830 - 888
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 224
1866 - 1934
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 225
1040 - 1113
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 226
Among film directors born in Belgium, Chantal Akerman ranks 2. Before her are Agnès Varda (1928). After her are Jacques Feyder (1885), Jaco Van Dormael (1957), André Delvaux (1926), Raoul Servais (1928), Ulu Grosbard (1929), Benoît Lamy (1945), and Felix van Groeningen (1977).
1928 - 2019
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 1
1950 - 2015
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 2
1885 - 1948
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 4
1926 - 2002
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 5
1928 - 2023
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 6
1929 - 2012
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 7
1945 - 2008
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 8
1977 - Present
HPI: 36.76
Rank: 9