Ovanes Ohanian - Education

Education

• 1. Commercial College in Tashkent in 1919. Law in Ashgabat
• 2. In 1920. Motion Picture Institute Moscow
• Doctor of Motion Picture in 1932
• Degrees: Doctor of sciences in 1941
• Doctor of Medicine in 1953.
• Activities in the field of the Motion Picture:
• Fonder of first Indian school of acting and motion picture in Calcutta 1924,
• Amongst his first graduates Mr, Raj kapoor

• Member of the First Motion Picture Congress held in Moscow in 1928 where such prominent film specialists a Poudovkin, Eizenstein, Alexandroff and others have been members too.
• Member of the Committee of Russian Film Supporters (C.S.O.D.S.K.) since 1926 – 28 in Moscow.
• Member of all Russian Film Specialists since 1928 (A.R.R.K). Founder and the administrative faculty in the Motion Picture Institute (G. T. K.) in Moscow 1927.
• President and Instructor of motion Picture Experimental Screen Acting Laboratory since 1926 – 28 in Moscow.
• One of five members of the Revision Commission of all Russian Film Specialists in 1928 in Moscow (S.S.O.D.S.K.)
• Founder and Secretary of Turkmenistan Film Specialists in Ashgabat since 1928 -29. President of Scenario Writers of all Turkmenistan since 1928 – 29.
• He was principle and instructor in cinema institute for 17 years for training of cinema actors and film directors in Asia 1925–1942.

Scenario writer and film director of the first & one of the best Turkmenian film "Gull and Italmas" in 1929 in Ashgabat (Turkmen film)

• Founder and Principal of the first Motion Picture School in Iran. This was later recognised as the International Motion Picture Institute of Asia which was accepted as one of the many institutions of the International Federation of Scientific Research Societies.

Bureau of the International Federation of Scientific Research Societies. Bureau of the International Motion Picture Institute: Prof. Said Nafici – President, Prof O.G. Ohanian Acting President. Abba Massoudi – Deputy President (Senator). Ahmad Deikhan – General Secretary (M.P). Akavian – Joint Secretary, H. Moorad – Treasurer. Satu Roy – Representative in India, Ali Vakili (Senator) J. Mirzayants, (M.P.) as honorary members. Members in India: Prof Apte, Sohrab Modi, F.H Sidwa (Globe Theatres), H.C Patel (Opera House Cinema) P.C. Kapadia (Evergreens Pictures) in Bombay, Satu Roy (Film Director). Chandra sohekhar (Editor of Calcutta Display weekly) Founder of the film production and screen acting education in Iran 1929-1936 Whose honorary president was the Hollywood film director Mr William Cecil B. DeMille, honorary member Dr, Robindranath Tagor & Professor P.V Elboursky as consultant? Amongst his pupil received diploma have been: the late Ahmad Deikhan (Member of Parliament) Shahani, Gorji, Moorad, Kodbi, Rashidi, Kobadi, Sooltani, Edalatpoor, and Saphi. Eng. Zarrabi, Sohrabi, Miss Pavlov a, Miss Zohreh, Miss Ohanian and many others. Scenario writer and film director of the first Iranian film production. "Abi and Rabi", "Hadji Agha" "Tagor in Iran" Author of Scenario "Reza Shah the Great" about which the Radio and Propaganda Department of the Government of Iran expressed its best opinion and which recently was presented to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi appreciation received from the Prime Minister of Iran Dr. Eghbal. INDIA: Founder of the first Motion Picture Institute for training actors and film directors. Some of his ex-students are now well-known film directors in India. 1937 – 39 President of the International Motion Picture Institute of Asia which has granted the first prizes for the best Indian Films in 1939. "Pukar"of Sohrab Mody's Production. "Admi" of V.Shantaram's Production. Devika Rani and Moti Lal as the best screen actors of India in 1939.