Ovanes Ohanian
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Ovanes Ohanian was an Iranian Armenian filmmaker, screenwriter, and educator. He also worked as a scientist, inventor, founder, and physician. Ohanian was the first filmmaker in Iran, and established the first film school in Iran in 1925. His film, Abi and Rabi (1930) was Iran's first feature-length movie.
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Ovanes Ohanian was an Iranian Armenian filmmaker, screenwriter, and educator. He also worked as a scientist, inventor, founder, and physician. Ohanian was the first filmmaker in Iran, and established the first film school in Iran in 1925. His film, Abi and Rabi (1930) was Iran's first feature-length movie. He also founded the first acting school in India. He used the name O.G. Ohanian, and the pseudonym Mojdeh.
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