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Desiree Akhavan (Persian: دزیره اخوان, born December 27, 1984) is an American filmmaker, writer and actress. She is best known for her 2014 feature film debut Appropriate Behavior, and her 2018 film The Miseducation of Cameron Post. She appeared in the found footage horror film Creep 2.
Desiree Akhavan was born on 27 December 1984 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a director and actress, known for Appropriate Behavior (2014), The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) and The Bisexual (2018).
Jul 21, 2023 · Desiree Akhavan, the multi-talented Iranian-American director, screenwriter and actor delves into the making of her groundbreaking first feature film, "Appro...
When filmmaker Desiree Akhavan told her Iranian immigrant parents she was in love with a woman, she knew they would object. She explains why it's worth the risk to let people get to know the real you.
Desiree Akhavan is best known for her films Appropriate Behavior and The Miseducation of Cameron Post, which won the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Award. More recently she cowrote, directed and starred in the Hulu original series The Bisexual.
Apr 16, 2024 · When filmmaker Desiree Akhavan told her Iranian immigrant parents she was in love with a woman, she knew they would object. She explains why it's worth the r...
Oct 10, 2018 · The Bisexual is Desiree Akhavan’s newest comedy-drama which is determined to change everything you ever thought you knew about bisexuality. Centred around a woman named Leila, who has...
Oct 5, 2018 · Desiree Akhavan: ‘Just because I’m from a marginalised group, I don’t have to skewer the mainstream’. The star of ‘The Bisexual’ on why not only heterosexuals are guilty of prejudice...
Desiree Akhavan was born on 27 December 1984 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a director and actress, known for Appropriate Behavior (2014), The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) and The Bisexual (2018).
Jan 14, 2015 · Brooklyn’s next big indie filmmaker. The first bisexual Iranian-American to make it big. But after watching her debut film, Appropriate Behavior, which opens in theaters in New York this weekend ...
Oct 9, 2018 · Akhavan speaks to Alexandra Pollard about her new Channel 4 comedy ‘The Bisexual’, which explores the sexual orientation still seen as ‘gauche’
Aug 30, 2018 · Can't stop, won't stop — After winning the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance for a coming-of-age film about LGBT teens, Desiree Akhavan has battled self-doubt to realise her dream as a director. But in a medium with few opportunities for fresh voices, she knows that success is never straightforward.
She won the ugly stakes: Dunham’s college films brought her a storm of fat-shaming YouTube comments. Akhavan trumps her by being voted the “ugliest girl in school” in the eighth grade. Both girls...
Apr 23, 2020 · Claire White talks to Desiree Akhavan about The Miseducation of Cameron Post, intimacy in filmmaking, and how being true to your voice can pay off.
Oct 26, 2018 · Desiree Akhavan, director of 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post,' created and stars in new Hulu comedy 'The Bisexual' as a gay woman who also starts dating men.
Feb 3, 2015 · February 3, 2015. By Alison Prato. Since her feature film debut, Appropriate Behavior, premiered at Sundance in 2014, Desiree Akhavan — the film's 30-year-old writer, director, and star — has been garnering buzz as the "Next Lena Dunham."
Feb 7, 2019 · In the third episode of The Bisexual, Desiree Akhavan’s comedy-drama for Channel 4 and Hulu, the titular bisexual, Leila (played by Akhavan) is having a familiar kind of crisis. At a nitrous oxide–fueled impromptu party in the London apartment Leila shares with her new roommate, Gabe (Brian Gleeson), she dances giddily with the guy she’s ...
Desiree Akhavan, a writer, director and actor, shared how she found her voice through film before she received the Athena Breakthrough Award at the 9th annual Athena Film Festival.
Desiree Akhavan’s Appropriate Behavior, the break-out film for the New York-based director/writer/actress, is a delightful and honest depiction of what it means to be young, Iranian-American and bisexual.
1,417 Followers, 802 Following, 1,033 Posts - N. Désirée Akhavan (@desireeakhavan) on Instagram: "Co-Founder. Lawyer. Writer. Advisor @themonafoundation Live where you fear to live ~Rumi".
Jan 15, 2015 · APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR - Desiree Akhavan [FULL INTERVIEW] Film Courage. 720K subscribers. 60. 8.8K views 9 years ago WRITING AND FILMMAKING INTERVIEWS | FILM COURAGE PODCAST. CONNECT WITH...
Desiree Akhavan also serves as an executive producer. The series is produced by ABC Signature in association with Big Hattie Productions. Their collaboration ensures a high-quality production.
May 12, 2022 · Desiree Akhavan is a multi-talented American personality who is known among the public as an American actress, producer, director, and screenwriter. She came into popularity after she portrayed her role as Shirin in the Appropriate Behaviour which was released in the year 2014.
Jul 7, 2020 · The writer-director-star of APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR shares what she’s learned about life and cinema from her favorite movies.Her picks:- TINY FURNITURE- FACES, ...
1 day ago · Creator Rothwell and Vera Santamaria serve as co-showrunners and executive producers. Desiree Akhavan also is an executive producer. How to Die Alone is produced by ABC Signature in association ...
