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Chantal Akerman
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Chantal Akerman (2012)
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Born
| Chantal Anne Akerman
(
1950-06-06
)
6 June 1950
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Died
| 5 October 2015
(2015-10-05)
(aged 65)
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Nationality
| Belgian
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Occupation(s)
| Artist, movie director, professor, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, film editor, actress
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Years active
| 1968?2015
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Notable work
| Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
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Chantal Anne Akerman
(
French:
[ak??man]
; 6 June 1950 – 5 October 2015) was a
Belgian
movie director
, artist, and professor at the
City College of New York
.
[1]
Her best-known movies were
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
(1975).
Akerman was born to
Jewish
parents in
Brussels
.
[2]
She was a
lesbian
.
[3]
She died on 5 October 2015 in
Paris
.
Le Monde
reported that she died by
suicide
after suffering from
depression
. She was 65.
[4]
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