Ovanes Ohanian

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Born: 1896-10-08 · 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 mov…