FrameThrower · Actors · Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
3 films · 113 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1974–1977
Born 6 June 1950 · Brussels, Belgium · died 5 October 2015
Chantal Anne Akerman was a Belgian film director, artist and professor of film at the City College of New York. Her best-known film is Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975).
Despite being categorised as such by others, Akerman frequently distanced herself from the feminist label, explaining, "when people say there is a feminist film language, it is like saying there is only one way for women to express themselves".…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 113 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1974–1977
- Commander of the Order of Leopold2004
How their films are shot
Measured across 113 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Chantal takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 53% of their frames are day, 61% natural — the look of the work Chantal takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 113 frames from Chantal Akerman's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.