1. Ovanes Ohanian was an Armenian-Iranian filmmaker, inventor, founder, doctor, scientist with PhD in medicine, film, science and languages.
10 Facts About Ovanes Ohanian
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Ovanes Ohanian established the first film school in the history of Iran.
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Ovanes Ohanian founded the first acting school in Iran and the first acting school in India together with the first police school in Iran.
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Ovanes Ohanian died of Heart attack in his office in Tehran.
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Ovanes Ohanian was born in 1896 in Mashhad, Iran, the son of a father named Gregory.
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Ovanes Ohanian studied film at the Cinema Academy of Moscow and then returned to Iran.
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Since he found it impossible to initiate any production without professionals in the field, Ohanian decided to begin a film school in Tehran.
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In 1933, Ovanes Ohanian released the movie Haji Agha Actor.
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Ovanes Ohanian directed and starred in the movie as the movie-directing suitor of Mr Haji's daughter.
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Ovanes Ohanian left Iran for India and continued his academic career in Calcutta.