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Levan Akin
Stockholm, Sweden
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…
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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).
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2026
The Vampire Lestat
TV show Director
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2024
Crossing
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Interview with the Vampire
TV show Director
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2022
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Movie Self
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2021
Dough
TV show Creator
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2019
And Then We Danced
Movie Director
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2015
The Circle
Movie Director
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2012
Real Humans
TV show Director
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2012
Certain People
Movie Director
- 2006
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2005
Borkmann's Point
Movie Second Assistant Director
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2005
Carambole
Movie Second Assistant Director
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Movie Director
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Summer in Heat
Movie Director
