Person
Desiree Akhavan
Acting · Born 1984-12-27 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Desiree Akhavan is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter and actress of Iranian descent, best known for her 2014 feature film debut, Appropriate Behavior, and her 2018 film The Miseducation of Cameron Post.
Known for
Hacks
Director
Girls
Chandra
Overcompensating
Ronnie
Ramy
Director
Monsterland
Director
Flowers
Carol
Tiny Beautiful Things
Director
How to Die Alone
Executive Producer
I Love That for You
Director
The Slope
Desiree
Filmography
- 2025OvercompensatingRonnie
- 2024How to Die AloneExecutive Producer
- 2023Tiny Beautiful ThingsDirector
- 2022I Love That for YouDirector
- 2021HacksDirector
- 2020MonsterlandDirector
- 2019RamyDirector
- 2018The BisexualLeila
- 2018The Miseducation of Cameron PostDirector
- 2018Dykes, Camera, Action!Self
- 2018Tooth and NailExecutive Producer
- 2017Creep 2Sara
- 2016The CircuitAngie
- 2016FlowersCarol
- 2015Appropriate BehaviorShirin
- 2012GirlsChandra
- 2011Nose JobDirector
- 2010The SlopeDesiree
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