Akin is a director and screenwriter born in Sweden from parents who emigrated from Georgia. He began his career during his internship at the Swedish television and afterwards gained valuable experience working on film and TV series sets. Besides that he also directed his own short films. He directed myna episodes of TV series such as the sci-fi Real Humans (Äkta människor, 2012). He has directed two feature films, humorous drama Katinkas kalas (2011) and the fantasy-horror The Circle (2015).