Foad Nour
- Producer
Foad Nour's love of Cinama began at the age of 12. His love of films,
photography and film making dragged him into European film festivals
and over the years he became one of the largest film distributors in
the middle east. He constantly participated in Cannes, Deauville, and
Venice Film Festivals and almost all major foreign film festivals as a
young film buyer and distributed all the box office movies in the
middle east and Iran during 1960s and 1970s. After the Iranian
revolution he bought a movie theater and renovated it to his taste and
started to write, co produce and produce Iranian Films. He produced
movies in very tough situations during Iran-Iraq war and when cinema
had no audience in Iran after the revolution. His creative mind and
love of cinema and new technology made him an active member in the
cinema society. He began to create his name as one of the largest film
producers in Iran. He was known as the Calm man of cinema in a very
hectic cinema environment . He wrote, Co Produced, Produced and
assisted his directors and actors to new techniques and he was very
patient to teach and inform others for new digital technology, building
new movie theaters, cinema innovations and improvements for Iranian
Cinema. He was one of the first producers in Iran who brought and
introduced movie sponsors into cinema world. He also introduced half
price movie ticket plan to the Iranians cinema and it was a huge
success. He was became the CEO of the Iranian Cinema Owners Union and
started providing aids to all Movie Theaters all over Iran. Over his
career he introduced many directors, actors and actresses to the
Iranian Cinema. In many ways he was compared to Francis Ford Coppola of
Iran.