Desiree Akhavan

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American filmmaker Iranian-American person actor film director person producer screenwriter

Desiree Akhavan is an Iranian-American filmmaker, writer, and actor known for her sharp, queer-focused storytelling in works like "Appropriate Behavior" and "The Miseducation of Cameron Post."

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Desiree Akhavan canonical 7

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instanceOf American filmmaker ⓘ
Iranian-American person ⓘ
actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
person ⓘ
producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 2010 ⓘ
awardReceived Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film ⓘ
surface form: Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) at Sundance Film Festival
awardReceivedFor The Miseducation of Cameron Post ⓘ
birthDate 1984-12-27 ⓘ
birthPlace New York City ⓘ
coCreated The Bisexual ⓘ
coWrote The Miseducation of Cameron Post ⓘ
directed Appropriate Behavior ⓘ
The Bisexual ⓘ
The Miseducation of Cameron Post ⓘ
educatedAt NYU Tisch School of the Arts ⓘ
surface form: New York University Tisch School of the Arts

Smith College ⓘ
ethnicity Iranian peoples ⓘ
surface form: Iranian
festivalSelection Sundance Film Festival ⓘ
fieldOfWork film ⓘ
television ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genreFocus LGBTQ+ storytelling ⓘ
queer cinema ⓘ
influencedBy Mike Leigh ⓘ
Woody Allen ⓘ
language English ⓘ
name Desiree Akhavan self-link ⓘ
nationality United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
notableWork Appropriate Behavior ⓘ
The Bisexual ⓘ
The Miseducation of Cameron Post ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

New York City ⓘ
sexualOrientation bisexual ⓘ
starredIn Appropriate Behavior ⓘ
The Bisexual ⓘ
workFocus bisexual representation ⓘ
queer identity ⓘ
wrote Appropriate Behavior ⓘ

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The Miseducation of Cameron Post → director → Desiree Akhavan ⓘ
The Miseducation of Cameron Post → screenwriter → Desiree Akhavan ⓘ
Desiree Akhavan → name → Desiree Akhavan self-link ⓘ
Cecilia Frugiuele → coWriterWith → Desiree Akhavan ⓘ
Cecilia Frugiuele → director → Desiree Akhavan ⓘ
subject surface form: The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Cecilia Frugiuele → screenwriter → Desiree Akhavan ⓘ
subject surface form: The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Cecilia Frugiuele → notableCollaboration → Desiree Akhavan ⓘ