Directing
Levan Akin
Born December 14, 1979 · 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
7.6
Interview with the Vampire
Director, Co-Executive Producer
7.6
And Then We Danced
Director, Editor, Screenplay
7.8
Real Humans
Director
7.2 TMDB
Crossing
Editor, Executive Producer, Screenplay, Director
5.8
The Circle
Director, Screenplay
8.0
The Vampire Lestat
Director
5.9
Svalan, katten, rosen, döden
2006 · Movie
6.1
Carambole
Second Assistant Director
6.7
Dough
Creator
7.2
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Self
5.8
Borkmann's Point
Second Assistant Director
3.4 TMDB
Certain People
Writer, Director
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Director
Summer in Heat
Director
Filmography
- 2026The Vampire LestatDirectorSeries
- 2024CrossingEditor, Executive Producer, Screenplay, DirectorMovie
- 2022Interview with the VampireDirector, Co-Executive ProducerSeries
- 2022Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film QueerSelfMovie
- 2021DoughCreatorSeries
- 2019And Then We DancedDirector, Editor, ScreenplayMovie
- 2015The CircleDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 2012Real HumansDirectorSeries
- 2012Certain PeopleWriter, DirectorMovie
- 2006Svalan, katten, rosen, dödenMovie
- 2005Borkmann's PointSecond Assistant DirectorMovie
- 2005CaramboleSecond Assistant DirectorMovie
- —On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousDirectorMovie
- —Summer in HeatDirectorMovie