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FILM DIRECTOR

Chantal Akerman

1950 - 2015

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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

Among film directors, Chantal Akerman ranks 333 out of 1,581Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Chantal Akerman ranks 83Before 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 87Before 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.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Chantal Akerman ranks 220 out of 1,019Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Belgium

Among film directors born in Belgium, Chantal Akerman ranks 2Before 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).

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