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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. As a television director, she's worked on a breadth of shows including the Emmy-nominated Hacks and Ramy.
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 12, 2014 · July 12, 2014 10 AM PT. Most references to director, writer and actress Desiree Akhavan place a neat three-word descriptor by her name: bisexual Iranian American, often followed by the words...
Jan 14, 2015 · Desiree Akhavan has been labeled a lot of things. The next Lena Dunham. Brooklyn’s next big indie filmmaker. The first bisexual Iranian-American to make it big. But after watching her debut...
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 and...
Jul 21, 2023 · 2 views 8 minutes ago. Desiree Akhavan, the multi-talented Iranian-American director, screenwriter and actor delves into the making of her groundbreaking first feature film, "Appropriate...
Directing. Writing. Production. Creator. Camera. 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.
