Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman (*6. June 1950 in Brüssel, † 5. October 2015 in Paris) made her first short film, "Saute ma ville" (1968), at the age of seventeen. That same year, she dropped out of the INSAS film school in Brussels, and a year later dropped out of the theater studies program at the Université Internationale du Théâtre in Paris. She has made numerous feature and documentary films, as well as creating a series of art installations and writing three books (Hall de nuit, 1992; Un divan à New York, 1996; Une famille à Bruxelles, 1998). Her film installation "From the Other Side" was presented at the documenta 11 in 2002.

Chantal Akerman (*6. June 1950 in Brüssel, † 5. October 2015 in Paris) made her first short film, "Saute ma ville" (1968), at the age of seventeen. That same year, she dropped out of the INSAS film school in Brussels, and a year later dropped out of the theater studies program at the Université Internationale du Théâtre in Paris. She has made numerous feature and documentary films, as well as creating a series of art installations and writing three books (Hall de nuit, 1992; Un divan à New York, 1996; Une famille à Bruxelles, 1998). Her film installation "From the Other Side" was presented at the documenta 11 in 2002.

Chantal Akerman (*6. June 1950 in Brüssel, † 5. October 2015 in Paris) made her first short film, "Saute ma ville" (1968), at the age of seventeen. That same year, she dropped out of the INSAS film school in Brussels, and a year later dropped out of the theater studies program at the Université Internationale du Théâtre in Paris. She has made numerous feature and documentary films, as well as creating a series of art installations and writing three books (Hall de nuit, 1992; Un divan à New York, 1996; Une famille à Bruxelles, 1998). Her film installation "From the Other Side" was presented at the documenta 11 in 2002.

Chantal Akerman (*6. June 1950 in Brüssel, † 5. October 2015 in Paris) made her first short film, "Saute ma ville" (1968), at the age of seventeen. That same year, she dropped out of the INSAS film school in Brussels, and a year later dropped out of the theater studies program at the Université Internationale du Théâtre in Paris. She has made numerous feature and documentary films, as well as creating a series of art installations and writing three books (Hall de nuit, 1992; Un divan à New York, 1996; Une famille à Bruxelles, 1998). Her film installation "From the Other Side" was presented at the documenta 11 in 2002.