Bahman Farmanara
Bahman Farmanara is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for his films Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine, A House Built on Water, and A Little Kiss. Bahman Farmanara is the second son of a family of four brothers and one sister. The family business was Textile and he was the only son who did not join the company and went off to the United Kingdom and later on to 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.
Works
He produced some major films, including Abbas Kiarostami's first feature, The Report, Bahram Bayzai's The Crow, Khosrow Haritash's Divine One, Mohammad Reza Aslani's Chess of the Wind and Valerio Zurlini's The Desert of the Tartars.Farmanara moved to France and then to Canada in 1980, establishing a distribution company and a film festival for children and young adults in Vancouver. He returned to Iran in the mid-1980s. He made and starred in [Smell of Camphor, Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine (film)|Fragrance of Jasmine (film)|Fragrance of Jasmine] in 2000, which won several prizes from the International Fajr Film Festival, including The Best Film and The Best Director awards.
Politics
On May 10, 2013, Farmanara signed up to run for the office of President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.Selected filmography
DirectorThe House of Qamar Khanoom, 1972Prince Ehtedjab, 1974The Tall Shadows of the Wind, 1978Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine, 2000A House Built on Water, 2001A Little Kiss, 2005 The Familiar Soil, 2008ProducerThe Desert of The Tartars by Valerio Zurlini, 1976The Divine One by Khosrow Haritash, 1976The Chess Game of the Wind by Mohammad Reza Aslani, 1976The Crow by Bahram Beyzaii, 1977The Report by Abbas Kiarostami, 1977The Night Never Ends by Parviz Sayad, 1978Tall Shadows Of The wind , 1978Leolo by Jean Claude Lauzon, 1990A House Built on Water , 2002
WriterPrince Ehtedjab, co-writer with Houshang Golshiri Based on Golshiri's Novel by The Same Name, 1974Tall Shadows of the Wind, co-writer with Houshang Golshiri, based on his short story "The First Innocent", 1979Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine Original Script, 2000A House Built on Water Original Script, 2002A Little Kiss, 2005A Passage to Darkness Original script
Documentary filmsNorouz va Khaviar, 1969Tehran-e Now va Kohneh, 1970
TelevisionFrom 1968 to 1971 Over 150 Weekly Programs on Current Cinema as Producer and Anchor
Actor
- Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine, 2000
- No Choice, 2020
Awards
- PRINCE EHTEJAB
- SMELL OF CAMPHOR, FRAGRANCE OF JASMINE
- A HOUSE BUILT ON WATER