Desiree Akhavan

DirectorProducerActorWriterCinematographer Dec 27 (age 41) New York City, New York, USA 2010–2025 (15 year career)

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Biography

Desiree Akhavan is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter and actress of Iranian descent, best known for her 2014 feature film debut, Appropriate Behavior, and her 2018 film The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

Known For

Film

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Director

Film

Hacks

Director

Film

Creep 2

Sara

Film

Ramy

Director

Film

Overcompensating

Director

Film

Appropriate Behavior

Shirin

Film

Monsterland

Director

Film

Tiny Beautiful Things

Director

Filmography

Acting (9)

Movies (4)

Dykes, Camera, Action!

as Self

Creep 2

as Sara

The Circuit

as Angie

Appropriate Behavior

as Shirin

Television (5)

Overcompensating

as Ronnie

The Bisexual

as Leila

Flowers

as Carol

Girls

as Chandra

The Slope

as Desiree

Crew (24)

Movies (10)

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

2018

Director

6.9

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

2018

Executive Producer

6.9

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

2018

Screenplay

6.9

Tooth and Nail

2018

Executive Producer

Creep 2

2017

Director of Photography

Appropriate Behavior

Director

Appropriate Behavior

Screenplay

Nose Job

Director

Nose Job

2011

Producer

Nose Job

2011

Writer

Television (14)

Overcompensating

Director

How to Die Alone

Executive Producer

Tiny Beautiful Things

Director

I Love That for You

Director

Hacks

Director

Monsterland

Director

Ramy

Director

The Bisexual

Director

The Bisexual

Writer

The Slope

Director

The Slope

Editor

The Slope

Producer

The Slope

Story

The Slope

Writer