What is Chantal Akerman?
{{Infobox person | name = Chantal Akerman | image = Chantal Akerman - video still (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Chantal Akerman (2012) | birth_name = Chantal Anne Akerman | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1950|6|6}} | birth_place = [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|10|05|df=yes|1950|6|6}} | death_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] | nationality = Belgian | occupation = Artist, movie director, professor, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, film editor, actress | years_active = 1968{{ndash}}2015 | known_for = | notable_works = ''[[Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles]]'' }} '''Chantal Anne Akerman''' ({{IPA-fr|akɛʁman|lang}}; 6 June 1950 &ndash; 5 October 2015) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[movie director]], artist, and professor at the [[City College of New York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/profiles/Chantal-Akerman.cfm |title=Chantal Akerman |website=The City College of New York |access-date=2015-10-06 |archive-date=2015-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014212201/http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/profiles/Chantal-Akerman.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her best-known movies were ''[[Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles]]'' (1975). Akerman was born to [[Jew]]ish parents in [[Brussels]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/08/chantal-akerman Guardian obituary]</ref> She was a [[lesbian]].<ref>[http://brightlightsfilm.com/rare-docs-french-filmmakers-bresson-akerman-vhs/ Rare docs on French filmmakers]</ref> She died on 5 October 2015 in [[Paris]]. ''[[Le Monde]]'' reported that she died by [[suicide]] after suffering from [[depression]]. She was 65.<ref name=monde>{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/cinema/article/2015/10/06/la-cineaste-chantal-akerman-est-morte_4783566_3476.html|author=Isabelle Regnier|title=La cinéaste Chantal Akerman est morte|newspaper=Le Monde|date=6 October 2015|access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=liberation>{{cite news|url=h