Person
Levan Akin
Directing · Born 1979-12-14 · Stockholm, Sweden
Biography
Levan Akin is a Swedish filmmaker of Georgian descent. He made his feature directorial debut with Certain People (2012, Tribeca FF). He has since directed And Then We Danced (2019), which premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight and was Sweden's official entry for the Academy Awards, and Crossing (2024), which opened the Berlinale Panorama section. Both films won multiple awards including Best Film at the Swedish Guldbagge Awards. Akin became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2020. His other work includes the The Circle (Berlinale, 2015) and episodes of AMC's Interview with the Vampire (2022–2024).
Known for
The Vampire Lestat
Director
Interview with the Vampire
Director
Real Humans
Director
Dough
Creator
And Then We Danced
Director
Crossing
Editor
The Circle
Director
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Self
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Director
Svalan, katten, rosen, döden
2006
Filmography
- 2026The Vampire LestatDirector
- 2024CrossingEditor
- 2022Interview with the VampireDirector
- 2022Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film QueerSelf
- 2021DoughCreator
- 2019And Then We DancedDirector
- 2015The CircleDirector
- 2012Real HumansDirector
- 2012Certain PeopleWriter
- 2006Svalan, katten, rosen, döden
- 2005Borkmann's PointSecond Assistant Director
- 2005CaramboleSecond Assistant Director
- —On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousDirector
- —Summer in HeatDirector
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