Bahman Farmanara is an Iran

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ian film director

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, screenwriter

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, and film producer

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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 US 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.

Works

He produced some major films, including Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries...

's first feature, The Report

The Report

The Report is a 1977 Iranian drama film directed by Abbas Kiarostami and starring Academy Award-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo.-Film Details:...

 (1977), Bahram Bayzai

Bahram Bayzai

Bahrām Beyzāi is an Iranian film director, theatre director, screenwriter, playwright, film editor, producer, and researcher....

's The Crow (1977), Khosrow Haritash's Divine One (1976), Mohammad-Reza Aslani's Wind and Chess (1976) and Valerio Zurlini

Valerio Zurlini

Valerio Zurlini was an Italian film director, stage director and screenwriter.-Biography:During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance. Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party...

's Desert of the Tartars (1977 co-production with Italy

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 and France

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Farmanara moved to France

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 and then to Canada

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 in 1980, establishing a distribution company and a film festival for children and young adults in Vancouver

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. He returned to Iran in the mid 1980s. He made and starred in Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine (film)

Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine (film)

Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine, or Booye Kafoor, Atre Yas , was written by, directed by, and starred Bahman Farmanara. The film was his first contribution to Iranian Cinema since two decades.-Plot:...

 in 2000, which won several prizes from the International Fajr Film Festival, including The Best Film and The Best Director awards.

Selected filmography

Director

• The House Of Qamar Khanoom, 1972
• Prince Ehtedjab, 1974
• The Tall Shadows of the Wind, 1978
• Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine, 2000
• A House Built on Water, 2001
• A Little Kiss, 2005 (A Teensy Kiss would be a better translation of the Persian
  Persian language
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   title Yek Bus-e Ku'chu'lu)
• The familiar soil, 2008

Producer

• The Desert of The Tartars By Valerio Zurlini, 1976
• The Divine One (Malakout) By Khosrow Haritash, 1976
• The Chess Game (Shatranj Baad) By M.R.Aslani, 1976
• The Crow (Kalagh) By Bahram Beyzaii, 1977
• The Report (Gozaresh) By Abbas Kiarostami, 1977
• The Night Never Ends (Dar Emtedad Shab) By Parviz Sayad, 1978
• Tall Shadows Of The wind (Saye Haye Bolnd-e Baad), 1978
• Leolo By Jean Claude Lauzon, 1990
• A House Built On Water (Khaneii Rooye Aab), 2002

Writer

• Prince Ehtejab Co-Writer With Houshang Golshiri Based On Golshiri's Novel By The Same Name, 1974
• Tall Shadows of The Wind Co-Writer With Houshang Golshiri Based on His short story "The First Innocent", 1979
• Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine Original Script, 2000
• A House Built On Water Original Script, 2002
• A Little Kiss, 2005
• A Passage To Darkness Original script

Documentary films

• Norouz Va Khaviar, 1969
• Tehran-e- No va Kohneh, 1970

Television

• From 1968 to 1971 Over 150 Weekly Programs On Current Cinema As Producer and Anchor

Awards

• PRINCE EHTEJAB

Grand Prix For Best Film In 3rd Tehran International Film Festival 1976.

• SMELL OF CAMPHOR, FRAGRANCE OF JASMINE

8 Awards at Fajr International Film Festival, Including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Supporting Actress Best Art Direction, Best Make Up, Special Jury Prize For Best Film Montreal International Film Festival 2000. Golden Tulip Grand Prix As Best Film at Istanbul International Film Festival 2001.

• A HOUSE BUILT ON WATER

Winner Of 5 Awards at Fajr International Film Festival, Including Best Film,Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Art Direction.

External links

• His interview on May 3, 2001 by NPR's "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross
• New Yorker Films Presents: Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine, Official Selection 2000, New York Film Festival, PDF. Contains also a reproduction of Hamid Dabashi
  Hamid Dabashi
  Hamid Dabashi born 1951 in Ahvaz is an Iranian-American Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York City.He is the author of over twenty books...
  
  's Bahman Farmanara: Twice Upon a Time.
• Bahman Farmanara's Website