Ovanes Ohanian
اوانس اوهانیان

Ovanes Ohanian (اوانس اوهانیان)
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Born in 1896, Ovanes Ohanian was a filmmaker, inventor, doctor and scientist with a PhD in medicine, film, science and languages. He established the first film school in the history of Iran. His first film, Abi and Rabi (1930), was Iran's first feature-length movie. Ohanian studied film at the Cinema Akademi Of Moscow. After the failure of his second film, Ohanian could not find any support for further activities. He left Iran for India and continued his academic career in Calcutta. Subsequent ...ly he returned to Iran in 1947, where he died seven years later.
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