Ovanes Ohanian

Known for

Directing

Gender

Male

Born

October 8, 1896

Age at death

64

Died

September 1, 1961

From

Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran

Ovanes Ohanian (Armenian: Հովհաննես Օհանյան, Persian: اوانس اوهانیانس‎; October 1896 – September 1960) was an Armenian-Iranian filmmaker and scientist with PhD degree. He established the first film school in the history of Iran. His first film, Abi and Rabi (1930) was Iran's first feature-length movie. He founded the first acting school in Iran and the first acting school in India together with the first police school in Iran. He was fluent in seven languages. In 1961, he died of Heart attack in his office in Tehran