Chantal Akerman

Known for: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Chantal Akerman made Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) at 25, a three-and-a-half-hour film of a Brussels housewife's daily routine that has been voted the greatest film ever made in multiple critical polls. Her subsequent work encompassed autobiography, dance film, and video installation, maintaining a formal rigor and feminist attention to domestic time throughout. She died in October 2015.