Directing
Community Rating
5.7
TMDB estimate
Born
December 14, 1979 (age 46)
Born in
Stockholm, Sweden
Levan Akin is a Swedish/Georgian filmmaker, director, and writer. He is of Georgian descent. His parents came to Sweden as immigrants in the early 70s. Levan Akin started of as an intern at SVT, the Swedish Broadcasting Network. Later he worked as a handyman at the famous "Studio 24" of renowned director Roy Anderson (Songs from the second floor). He has worked as a director's assistant on several TV and film productions while at the same time making his own short films. "The Last Things" is Levan's first officially released short. His first Georgian-speaking film "And Then We Danced" (2019) was shown at festivals in Cannes and London, and won the main prize at the festival in Odessa and the Swedish Guldbagge for best picture, script and best actor.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
as Director
TBA

Summer in Heat
as Director
TBA

Crossing
as Editor, Executive Producer, Screenplay, Director
2024

Interview with the Vampire
as Director, Co-Executive Producer
2022

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
as Self
2022

Dough
as Creator
2021

And Then We Danced
as Director, Editor, Screenplay
2019

The Circle
as Director, Screenplay
2015

Real Humans
as Director
2012

Certain People
as Writer, Director
2012

Svalan, katten, rosen, döden
as Second Assistant Director
2006

Borkmann's Point
as Second Assistant Director
2005

Carambole
as Second Assistant Director
2005