---
name: "Kabir Akhtar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kabir-akhtar"
fi1m_id: "kabir-akhtar"
imdb_id: "nm1158282"
tmdb_id: 1626415
wikidata_id: "Q16148430"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "11 January 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-30T20:39:26.314959+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kabir Akhtar

## Identity

Kabir Akhtar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kabir-akhtar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kabir-akhtar
- **IMDb ID:** nm1158282
- **TMDB ID:** 1626415
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16148430
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabir_Akhtar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16148430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1158282/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1626415

Director. Born 11 January 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 11 January 1975
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Also known as:** Kabir Akhtar, ACE
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Jude Weng](https://film.one/person/jude-weng.md), [Rebecca Asher](https://film.one/person/rebecca-asher.md), [Alex Hardcastle](https://film.one/person/alex-hardcastle.md), [Don Scardino](https://film.one/person/don-scardino.md), [Jay Chandrasekhar](https://film.one/person/jay-chandrasekhar.md), [Kimmy Gatewood](https://film.one/person/kimmy-gatewood.md), [Linda Mendoza](https://film.one/person/linda-mendoza.md), [Matthew A. Cherry](https://film.one/person/matthew-a-cherry.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 87 (1), 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabir_Akhtar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16148430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1158282/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1626415

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87), [*Never Have I Ever*](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kabir Akhtar is an American television director and editor. He began his career as an editor on music and documentary series including *Behind the Music*, later editing the pilot episodes of ten series. He served as an editor on the fourth season of *Arrested Development* (2013).

Akhtar transitioned to directing, with credits including episodes of *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015), on which he also worked as producer and won a Primetime Emmy Award for editing the pilot. He has directed episodes of *Never Have I Ever* (2020), *Young Sheldon* (2017), *Superstore* (2015), *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series* (2019), *Ghosts* (2021), *The Sex Lives of College Girls* (2021), *Resident Alien* (2021), *grown-ish* (2018) and *The Mysterious Benedict Society* (2021). He has also directed segments for the Academy Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as music videos.

Born on 11 January 1975, Akhtar is a member of the American Cinema Editors and has served on the Directors Guild of America National Board.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, elevenpictures.com, thepenngazette.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *Never Have I Ever* (2020), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md)
- *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/crazy-ex-girlfriend.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *With Love* (2021), series, Director
- *The Sex Lives of College Girls* (2021), series, Supervising Producer, Director
- *Ghosts* (2021), series, Director
- *The Mysterious Benedict Society* (2021), series, Director
- *Home Economics* (2021), series, Director
- *Resident Alien* (2021), series, Director
- *Saved by the Bell* (2020), series, Director
- *Never Have I Ever* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md)
- *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series* (2019), series, Director
- *The Unicorn* (2019), series, Director
- *BH90210* (2019), series, Director
- *Camping* (2018), series, Editor
- *grown-ish* (2018), series, Director
- *Young Sheldon* (2017), series, Director
- *Superstore* (2015), series, Director
- *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/crazy-ex-girlfriend.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Editor — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

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