Levan Akin

Levan Akin

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Levan Akin

  • Birthday:

    1979-12-14

  • Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Know For:

    Directing

  • Popularity: 0.1685
  • Also Known As

Levan Akin

Biography

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.

Top Movie Cast

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queertrue- Self

2022-02-25

6.7

Top Movie Crew

Certain People
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Directing

2012-01-20

3.4
Certain People
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Writing

2012-01-20

3.4
The Circle
The Circletrue

Directing

2015-02-18

5.3
The Circle
The Circletrue

Writing

2015-02-18

5.3
Crossing
Crossingtrue

Production

2024-03-22

7.3
Crossing
Crossingtrue

Editing

2024-03-22

7.3
And Then We Danced
And Then We Dancedtrue

Directing

2019-09-13

7.4
And Then We Danced
And Then We Dancedtrue

Editing

2019-09-13

7.4
And Then We Danced
And Then We Dancedtrue

Writing

2019-09-13

7.4
Crossing
Crossingtrue

Directing

2024-03-22

7.3
Crossing
Crossingtrue

Writing

2024-03-22

7.3

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