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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).
Awards & recognition
- Guldbagge Award — Best Director · 2024
- Guldbagge Award — Best Screenplay · 2019
- European University Film Award · 2019 · nominated
Filmography4 titles
Real Humans
2012Director
2012Director
Interview with the Vampire
2022Co-Executive Producer, Director
2022Co-Executive Producer, Director
Crossing
2024Director, Editor, Executive Producer, Screenplay
2024Director, Editor, Executive Producer, Screenplay
And Then We Danced
2019Director, Editor, Screenplay
2019Director, Editor, Screenplay