Bahman Farmanara
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Bahman Farmanara (Persian: بهمن فرمان آرا , born 1942 in Tehran) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
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[edit] Biography
Having graduated from the University of Southern California in film directing, he started film-making with Ghamar Khanum’s House (1972). He was the production head of “Film Development Company of Iran” from 1974 till 1977.
[edit] Works
He produced some major films, including Abbas Kiarostami’s first feature, The Report (1977), Bahram Bayzai’s The Crow (1977), Khosrow Haritash’s Divine One (1976), Mohammad-Reza Aslani’s Wind and Chess (1976) and Valerio Zurlini’s Desert of the Tartars (1977 co-production with Italy and France).
Farmanara moved to France and then to Canada in 1980, establishing a distribution company and a film festival for children and young adults in Vancouver. He returned to Iran in the late 1990s. He made and starred in Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine in 2000, which won several prizes from the International Fajr Film Festival, including The Best Film and The Best Director awards.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Prince Ehtedjab, 1974
- The Tall Shadows of the Wind, 1978
- The House Built on Water, 2001
[edit] External links
- Bahman Farmanara at the Internet Movie Database
- His interview on May 3, 2001 by NPR's "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross
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