Levan Akin
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Actor
December 14, 1979 (46 years)
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2019 | And Then We DancedOn Plex |
| 2015 | |
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| 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 |