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

Hacks
2021
Girls
2015
Overcompensating
2025
Ramy
2020
I Love That for You
2022
Monsterland
2020
Flowers
2016
How to Die Alone
2024
Tiny Beautiful Things
2023
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
2018
The Bisexual
2018
The Slope
2010

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
9
Directing
11
Writing
6
Producing
5
Camera
1
Editing
1
2025
Overcompensating
as Ronnie
2018
Dykes, Camera, Action!
as Self
2018
The Bisexual
as Leila
2017
Creep 2
as Sara
2016
The Circuit
as Angie
2016
Flowers
as Carol
2015
Appropriate Behavior
as Shirin
2015
Girls
as Chandra
2010
The Slope
as Desiree