Bahman Farmanara ( بهمن فرمانآرا ) was born 23 January 1942 in Isfahan. He is an Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. He traveled to the United Kingdom and 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.Bahman Farmanara has been a Actor in some movies:
A Man for All Seasons is about that Based on
...Robert Bolt's original play, this clever adaptation focuses on the life of 16th Century Chancellor of England Sir Thomas More. His refusal to grant King Henry VIII a divorce from Catherine of Aragon on the grounds that she did not bear him a son becomes the central dilemma in this riveting play. The king's wish to marry Anne Boleyn, the sister of his former mistress, adds further fuel to the fire. More is seen here as a righteous man, envied by rivals such as Thomas Cromwell and loved by the common man. Reza Kianian's sympathetic and engrossing portrayal of More, under the direction of Bahman Farmanara, proves to be the play's greatest draw. " In this film Bahman Farmanara collaborates with Ahmad Saatchian, Reza Kianian, Behnaz Jafari, Soheila Razavi, Siamak Safari, Hedayat Hashemi, Farshid Faraji, Negar Nemati, Karen Homayounfar, Amir Reza Delavari, Mohammad Reza Maleki, Farzin Sabouni, Mahdi Iravani, Alireza Ara, Robert Bolt, Neda Nasr, Manoochehr Shoja, Reza Molaee.
Bahman Farmanara has been a Producer in some movies:
The Cycle is about that From legendary filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui comes The Cycle, a bold and powerful commentary on the illicit blood trade in modern Iran. An impoverished young man brings his gravely ill father to Tehran in the hope of securing him treatment. After being unsuccessful, they encounter a doctor who offers them a substantial sum of money if they will assist him in some unspecified work. Ali soon finds himself involved in black market trading and as he descends further into chaos and disrepute, he must choose which path to take. In this film Bahman Farmanara collaborates with Ali Nasirian, Ezzatolah Entezami, Iraj Rad, Parviz Sayyad, Esmail Mohammadi, Jamshid Layegh, Esmail Shangale, Dariush Mehrjui, Hormoz Farhat, Ahmad Ebrahimi, Houshang Baharloo, Pari Amir Hamzeh, Mohammad Motee, Soroush Khalili, Marzieh Boroomand, Amrollah Saberi, Talat Mirfendereski, Bahman Forsi, Saeed Kangarani, Rafi Halati, Atash Khayyer, Rahim Roshanian, Malek Sasan Veisi, Parvin Kheirbakhsh, Karim Maraee, Valood Aghajanian.
Bahman Farmanara has been a Director in some movies:
A House on Water is about that Dr. Sepidbakht runs over an angel one night while driving, and his fingers are deeply wounded after touching the angel. The next day at the hospital, the nurse informs him that a young unconscious boy has been brought to their ward by mistake. Dr. Sepidbakht has an encounter with Ms. Taleghani, one of his old colleagues with whom he used to have a romantic affair. Ms. Taleghani, who had left the hospital for a cancer treatment, complains about Dr. Sepidbakht's behavior. He confesses that he has felt weird after seeing the boy who knows the entire Quran by heart. His secretary, Jaleh, also complains to him about their past involvement and that she can never bear a child but he ignores her. He goes to visit his father at the retirement home and a sad conflict happens between them... Dr. Sepedbakht informs his secretary that the passengers of a white Peykan have been following him for a while and he asks her for an address to have a burglar alarm installed. His son, Mani, who has been living abroad for 15 years, comes back to Tehran, but gets arrested at the airport for carrying drugs. Dr. Sepidbakht manages to bail him out but at midnight he realizes that his son is injecting himself with drugs. He decides to take him to clinic to quit but Mani escapes the clinic. While searching for his son, he accidentally sees Jaleh's father and finds out that she has not been in contact with them for a long time, and is living alone. Jaleh is in contact with Dr. Sepidbakht's pursuers and sends them to the person who installed his alarm and get the code from him. At the hospital, the doctor sees a colored string and follows it to the young boy's room. The boy wakes up and asks Sepidbakht to take him away. At the house, the boy confesses that he first started to read Quran to attract others' attention but then he started to enjoy it and memorized all of it out of passion. However, when his parents started taking him to different places and showing him off, he got scared and passed out. During the night, the doctor wakes up from the sound of the alarm and sees some people dressed in black. He hides the boy in the closet and goes downstairs, but is attacked and killed by the intruders. The boy approaches him, takes his head in his hands and says: "I am with you." In this film Bahman Farmanara collaborates with Bita Farahi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Hediyeh Tehrani, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Mehran Rajabi, Reza Kianian, Roya Nonahali, Behnaz Jafari, Mohsen Ghazi Moradi, Mahmoud Kalari, Shabnam Tolouei, Hossein Kasbian, Parviz Abnar, Abbas Ganjavi, Farzam Manteghi, Ahmad Pejman, Jalal Moayerian, Zhila Mehrjui, Amir Ghaffar Manesh, Mitra Mahaseni.
The Report is about that The movie revolves around the life of a tax collector who is accused of taking bribes, and also has to deal with problems at home, including the suicide attempt of his wife. In this film Bahman Farmanara collaborates with Shohreh Aghdashloo, Paridokht Eghbalpour, Alireza Zarrindast, Abbas Kiarostami, Mousa Afshar, Mostafa Tari, Talat Mirfendereski, Ali Farhadi, Andre Guvalovich, Kurosh Afsharpanah, Mehdi Montazar, Hashem Arkan -, Tannaz Esmaili, Mehrnoosh Orodpoor, Yousef Shahab -, Ahmad Behrouzi, Ali Ahmadii, Iraj Samandi, Farhad Farhadi.
I Want to ... is about that Bahram Farzaneh suffers from writer’s block - the condition of being unable to think of what to write or how to proceed with writing. After a car accident, he hears a song that makes him dance and overcome his writer’s block. In this film Bahman Farmanara collaborates with Ahmad Saatchian, Mahnaz Afshar, Mohammad Reza Golzar, Payam Dehkordi, Reza Kianian, Roya Nonahali, Saber Abar, Sahar Dolatshahi, Behnaz Jafari, Maryam Boubani, Ali Sarabi, Abbas Ganjavi, Abbas Rastegarpour, Davood Amiri, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Karen Homayounfar, Omid Sohrabi, Ali Milani, Morteza Zare, Keyvan Moghaddam, Farzin Sabouni, Maryam Shirazi, Armine Zeytounchian, Ali Bagheri, Reza Behboodi, Siavash Cheraghipour, Behnaz Nazi, Nima Rad, Pardis Ahmadieh, Ali Taqipour, Neda Maghsoudi.
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine is about that Death surrounds Bahman, a director who hasn't made a film in 24 years (he can't get past the censors). He's working on a documentary, for Japanese TV, on Iranian burial practices. On the anniversary of his wife's death, a hitchhiker tells him a story of spousal abuse and infant mortality, he discovers that someone has been buried in his plot next to his wife, and he needs the help of his attorney, a well-connected fixer. He dreams of death, even as he investigates it for his film. His niece's husband, a well-known writer, fails to return home; he searches hospitals for an unclaimed body. His heart disease is flaring up. Is he prepared for death? Is that all that's left? In this film Bahman Farmanara collaborates with Atefeh Razavi, Reza Kianian, Roya Nonahali, Parivash Nazarieh, Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi, Mahmoud Kalari, Asadollah Yekta, Asghar Bichareh, Dariush Asadzadeh, Morteza Shayesteh, Hossein Kasbian, Ebrahim Abadi, Parviz Abnar, Abbas Ganjavi, Ahmad Pejman, Hossein Abolsedgh, Mahtaj Nojoomi, Vali Shirandami, Zhila Mehrjui, Ali Nikraftar, Fazlollah YousefPour, Mohammad Reza Zahed Shekarabi.
Familiar Territory is about that Mr. Namdar, an artist who lives alone has his life changed forever when his niece visits him. In this film Bahman Farmanara collaborates with Bita Farahi, Reza Kianian, Roya Nonahali, Rana Azadivar, Maryam Boubani, Babak Hamidian, Mahmoud Kalari, Hedayat Hashemi, Farhad Vilkiji, Abbas Ganjavi, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Karen Homayounfar, Nikoo Kheradmand, Amir Hossein Rostami, Farid Valizadeh, Farzin Sabouni, Siavash Cheraghipour, Sahar Khalkhalian, Ghalandar Laki.
Other films are:
A Little Kiss, Tall Shadows of the Wind, Tale of the Sea, Gohar Kheirandish a Filmography, Divine One, The Chess Game of the Wind, No Choice, The Desert of the Tartars, The House of Mrs Ghamar, Prince Ehtejab, Her Eyes, Along the Night, The Mongols, The Raven
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