Bahman Farmanara

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Bahman Farmanara Bahman Farmanara (Persian: بهمن فرمان‌آرا ‎‎, born 23 January 1942 in Isfahan) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Bahman Farmanara is the second son in a family of four brothers and one sister. The family business was Textile and he was the only son who did not join the business and went off to United Kingdom and later on to United States to study acting and directing. He graduated from University of Southern California with a BA in Cinema in 1966. After returning to Iran and doing military service, he joined the National Iranian Radio and Television. He produced some major films, including Abbas Kiarostami's first feature, The Report (1977), Bahram Bayzai's ''The Crow (1977 film)|The Crow' (1977), Khosrow Haritash's Divine One (1976), Mohammad-Reza Aslanis Wind and Chess (1976) and Valerio Zurlini's 'Desert of the Tartars (film)|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 mid-1980s.[1] He made and starred in Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine (film) in 2000, which won several prizes from the International Fajr Film Festival, including The Best Film and The Best Director awards. Politics On May 10th, 2013 Farmanara signed up as a candidature to run for the office of president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. User-contribute

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