Bahman Farmanara
بهمن فرمان‌آرا

Bahman Farmanara (بهمن فرمان‌آرا)
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  • Producer
  • Actor
  • Writer
Bahman Farmanara ( بهمن فرمان‌آرا ) was born 23 January 1942 in Isfahan. He is an Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. He traveled to the United Kingdom and the United States to study acting and directing. He graduated from the 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.
Bahman Farmanara (بهمن فرمان‌آرا) has been a Producer in som ...e movies:
Prince Ehtejab is about that Prince Ehtejab, one of the last remaining heirs of the Qajar royal family, is suffering from tuberculosis, which he knows is fatal. He spends his last days alone in the magnificent rooms of his wintry palace, from where he recollects the glory days of his ancestors as well as days of degradation. Among the latter are the gruesome manner in which his cruel grandfather murdered his mother and brother, and the way that he himself caused the death of his wife. In this film Bahman Farmanara (بهمن فرمان‌آرا) collaborates with Jamshid Mashayekhi (جمشید مشایخی), Malihe Nikjumand (ملیحه نیکجومند), Mehri Vadadian (مهری ودادیان), Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi (فیروز بهجت محمدی), Parvin Soleymani (پروین سلیمانی), Hossein Kasbian (حسین کسبیان), Abbas Ganjavi (عباس گنجوی), Nemat Haghighi (نعمت حقیقی), Ahmad Pejman (احمد پژمان‎), Fakhri Khorvash (فخری خوروش), Mohammad Ali Miandar (محمد علی میان دار), Vali Shirandami (ولی شیراندامی), Mehri Mehrnia (مهری مهرنیا), Anik Shefrazian (آنیک شفرازیان), Malek Jahan Khazaee (ملک جهان خزاعی‌), Mohsen Kalhor - (محسن کلهر), Houshang Golshiri (هوشنگ گلشیری), Shadi (شادی), Nouri Kasrai (نوری کسرایی), Malek Sasan Veisi (ملک ساسان ویسی), Iraj Samandi (ایرج سمندی), Farhad Farhadi (فرهاد فرهادی)
The Chess Game of the Wind is about that The first lady of a noble house has died and now there is conflict between the remainders for taking over her inheritance In this film Bahman Farmanara (بهمن فرمان‌آرا) collaborates with Shohreh Aghdashloo (شهره آغداشلو), Mohammad Reza Aslani (محمدرضا اصلانی), Abbas Ganjavi (عباس گنجوی), Houshang Baharloo (هوشنگ بهارلو), Akbar Zanjanpoor (اکبر زنجانپور), Fakhri Khorvash (فخری خوروش), Mohammad Ali Keshavarz (محمدعلی کشاورز), Sami Tahassoni (سامی تحصنی), Hamid Taati (حمید طاعتی), Ali Ahmadi (علی احمدی), Anik Shefrazian (آنیک شفرازیان), Mostafa Mostafazadeh (مصطفی مصطفی زاده), Shahram Golchin (شهرام گلچین), Agha Jan Rafii (آقاجان رفیعی), Sheyda Gharachedaghi (شیدا قره چه داغی), Ali Aghajanian (علی آقاجانیان), Hossein Rasael (حسین راسل), Farhad Farhadi (فرهاد فرهادی)
Bahman Farmanara (بهمن فرمان‌آرا) has been a Writer in some movies:
Tall Shadows of the Wind is about that This film is based on a four page short story by Golshiri, which together we expanded it into an 85 page script. It is the story of building a scare-crow in a village and how through some events and superstition the scare-crow turns into a revered symbol. In this film Bahman Farmanara (بهمن فرمان‌آرا) collaborates with Faramarz Gharibian (فرامرز قریبیان‎), Esmail Mohammadi (اسماعیل محمدی), Kioomars Malek Motiee (کیومرث ملک مطیعی), Paridokht Eghbalpour (پریدخت اقبال پور), Saeed Nikpour (سعید نیک پور), Hossein Kasbian (حسین کسبیان), Abbas Ganjavi (عباس گنجوی), Aziz Saati (عزیز ساعتی), Abdollah Eskandari (عبدالله اسکندری), Alireza Zarrindast (علیرضا زرین‌دست), Ahmad Pejman (احمد پژمان‎), Mohammad Haj Hosseini (محمد حاج‌حسینی), Sami Tahassoni (سامی تحصنی), Mehri Mehrnia (مهری مهرنیا), Maliheh Nazari (ملیحه نظری), Anik Shefrazian (آنیک شفرازیان), Malek Jahan Khazaee (ملک جهان خزاعی‌), Agha Jan Rafii (آقاجان رفیعی), Gholamreza Amiri (غلامرضا امیری), Minoo Abrishami - (مینو ابریشمی), Atash Khayyer (آتش خیر), Fereydoun Yoosefi - (فریدون یوسفی), Houshang Golshiri (هوشنگ گلشیری), Ashraf Kashani (اشرف کاشانی)
Bahman Farmanara (بهمن فرمان‌آرا) has been a Actor in some movies:
The Mongols is about that A director of a television series on the history of cinema, who has been grappling with the screenplay of his first feature film, receives an assignment to oversee the installation of a television relay station in a remote region of Zahedan province, near the Afghanistan border. He has already hired Turkoman tribespeople for his film and selected his filming location. Meanwhile his wife, who is working on her Ph.D. dissertation about the Mongol invasion of Iran, attempts to dissuade him from accepting the assignment. One night, while working on his history of the cinema series, the director fantasizes a diagetic world that consists of clever juxtapositions of his different worlds: the history of cinema, the history of the mongol invasion, his own film idea and his imminent assignment to the desert. In this film Bahman Farmanara (بهمن فرمان‌آرا) collaborates with Fahimeh Rastkar (فهیمه راستکار), Nader Ebrahimi (نادر ابراهیمی‎), Parviz Kimiavi‌ (پرویز کیمیاوی‌), Edris Chamani (ادریس چمنی), Darvish Abbas (درویش عباس), Michel Terrier - (میشل تریر), Agha Seyed Ali Mirza (آقا سید علی میرزا), Heydar Nakhaei (حیدر نخعی), Nosrat Sanandaji (نصرت سنندجی), Farideh Gohari (فریده گوهری)
Divine One is about that In a garden party, Mr. Mavaddat suddenly starts feeling unwell. His friends take him to Dr. Hatam. The doctor starts the treatment, and while curing the patient, talks to the secretary who is a friend of Mr. Mavaddat. They start talking about the rumors spreading about the secretary and the doctor acts as if he doesn't know anything about the matter. Then they talk about M. L.., who is a patient ready for his right hand to be cut off. The doctor takes her to M. L.'s house and she sees M. L.'s servant, Sheko. At Sheko's house, the secretary sees a mummy of M. L.'s son. M. L. is writing his diary and memories in a hurry. He wants to finish it before they have to cut off his hand. The movie then shows a part of the memories in flashbacks. It shows how his feudal father had wanted him to continue his way. In this film Bahman Farmanara (بهمن فرمان‌آرا) collaborates with Behrouz Vossoughi (بهروز وثوقی), Ezzatolah Entezami (عزت‌الله انتظامی), Arsh Poor Zarei (عرش پور زارعی), Abdollah Eskandari (عبدالله اسکندری), Eshagh Khanzadi (اسحاق خانزادی), Kambiz Roshanravan (کامبیز روشن‌روان), Houshang Baharloo (هوشنگ بهارلو), Mohammad Haj Hosseini (محمد حاج‌حسینی), Pari Amir Hamzeh (پری امیرحمزه), Jamshid Gorgin (جمشید گرگین), Hedayatollah Navid (هدایت الله نوید), Malek Jahan Khazaee (ملک جهان خزاعی‌), Khosrow Haritash (خسرو هریتاش), Kamran Nozad (کامران نوزاد), Zhaleh Sam (ژاله سام), Saber Atashin (صابر آتشین)
No Choice is about that No Choice is about three women who live in three different circumstances in Iran. Golbahar, a sixteen-year-old homeless girl who has been producing and selling babies since she was 11 years old is sold to a middle-aged man to give birth to his child, but Golbahar does not become pregnant after a month. She is threatened with death by a pimp if she does not become pregnant soon. After several tests, Golbahar finds out that her tubes have been tide, but she has no idea about such an event. She believes that the surgery may have been done while she was hospitalized some time ago due to an accident. In the meantime, Golbahar is being introduced by a social worker to a lawyer. The lawyer believes that what Golbahar is experiencing is the result of an unofficial national plan to euthanize the homeless people in Iran to control their population. The lawyer succeeds in finding the gynecologist who may have performed this surgery, the gynecologist, however, does not confirm such an event. In this film Bahman Farmanara (بهمن فرمان‌آرا) collaborates with Fatemeh Motamed Aria (فاطمه معتمد آریا), Homayoun Ershadi (همایون ارشادی), Negar Javaherian (نگار جواهریان‎), Parsa Pirouzfar (پارسا پیروزفر‎), Parivash Nazarieh (پریوش نظریه), Zhaleh Olov (ژاله علو‎), Maryam Boubani (مریم بوبانی), Hooshang Ghovanloo (هوشنگ قوانلو), Reza Dormishian (رضا درمیشیان), Hayedeh Safiyari (هایده صفی‌یاری), Mohammad Reza Delpak (محمدرضا دلپاک), Abdollah Eskandari (عبدالله اسکندری), Aein Irani (آئین ایرانی), Ahmad Hamed (احمد حامد), Siamak Adib (سیامک ادیب), Roya Bakhtiyari (رویا بختیاری), Ramona Shah (رامونا شاه), Golnaz Golshan (گلناز گلشن), Mojtaba Pirzadeh (مجتبی پیرزاده), Reza Behboodi (رضا بهبودی), Sharareh Ranjbar (شراره رنجبر), Keihan Kalhor (کیهان کلهر), Pardis Ahmadieh (پردیس احمدیه), Nezamoddin Kiaie (نظام‌الدین کیایی), Amir Hossein Haddad (امیرحسین حداد), Babak Karimi (بابک کریمی), Mehdi Nosrati (مهدی نصرتی), Mohammadreza Maleki (محمدرضا مالکی), Nooshin Jafari (نوشین جعفری)
Other films are:
The House of Mrs Ghamar, Familiar Territory, The Raven, Tale of the Sea, The Report, Gohar Kheirandish a Filmography, I Want to ..., The Cycle, Along the Night, A Man for All Seasons, A House on Water, A Little Kiss, Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine, Her Eyes
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