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Actor

Ovanes Ohanian

Directing

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Movies: 2Series: 0Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 1413476

IMDb ID: nm0644928

Known for: Directing

Born: October 8, 1896

Died: September 1, 1961

Age: 64

Place of birth: Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1930 - 1934

Years active: 5

Wikidata: Q7113240

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Biography

Ovanes Ohanian (Armenian: Հովհաննես Օհանյան, Persian: اوانس اوهانیانس‎; October 1896 – September 1960) was an Armenian-Iranian filmmaker and scientist with PhD degree. 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. He founded the first acting school in Iran and the first acting school in India together with the first police school in Iran. He was fluent in seven languages. In 1961, he died of Heart attack in his office in Tehran

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