 Pari gbolohun yii: Ni ọdun 1980, Birkin gba ami ẹyẹ BAFTA ati ipinnu fun Academy Award fun fiimu kukuru rẹ Sredni Vashtar, ti o da lori itan kukuru nipasẹ Saki, eyiti o kọ, ṣe agbejade ati itọsọna fun 20th Century Fox. Ni ọdun 1984 o kọ iwe afọwọkọ fun fiimu The Name of the Rose ni eyiti o tun ni ipa iṣere kekere kan, ati ni ọdun 1988 o kọ ati ṣe itọsọna Burning Secret, ti o da lori aramada nipasẹ Stefan Zweig, eyiti o gba ẹbun meji ni 1989 Venice Film Festival, bakanna bi ẹbun Young Jury fun Fiimu Ti o dara julọ ni Brussels Film Festival. Ni 1993, Birkin kọwe ati ṣe itọsọna The Cement Garden, da lori iwe-kikọ nipasẹ Ian McEwan, fun eyiti o ṣẹgun Ẹru fadaka fun Oludari ti o dara julọ ni : Àjọ fíìmù Berlin, pẹlú fíìmù tó dára jùlọ ní àwọn àjọ fíìmù bíi Dinard, Fort Lauderdale, àti Birmingham. Ni ọdun 1998 o ṣe ifowosowopo pẹlu Luc Besson lori iwe afọwọkọ ti , ati ni ọdun 2004 o kọwe iwe afọwọkọ fun . 