Levan Akin
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Actor
December 14, 1979 (46 years)
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
Filmography
| 2024 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2019 | And Then We DancedOn Plex |
| 2015 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | |
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| 2008 | |
| 2007 |
| 2024 | Crossing · as Screenplay |
| 2019 | And Then We Danced · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 2015 | The Circle · as Screenplay |
| 2011 |
| 2024 | |
| 2019 | And Then We DancedOn Plex |
| 2024 | Crossing · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Certain People · as Co-Producer |
| 2022 | Prejudice & Pride: Swedish Film Queer · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2022 | Interview With The Vampire · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Dough · as Head Writer |
| 2006 | Svalan, katten, rosen, döden · as Second Assistant Director |
| 2005 | Borkmann's Point · as Second Assistant Director |
| 2005 | Carambole · as Second Assistant Director |