{{short description|American film director}} {{BLP primary sources|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox person |name = Farhad Mann |image = Farhad Mann Color.jpg |caption = |education = [[ArtCenter College of Design]] |occupation = Film, television, and commercial director |years_active = 1987-present |birth_date = |birth_place = |spouse = |children = }} '''Farhad Mann''' ({{langx|fa|فرهاد من}}) is an American [[film director|director]], [[screenwriter]] of film, television and commercials, and owner of the production company '''FMPI'''.

Mann has directed episodes for television series such as ''[[Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series)|Beauty & the Beast]]'', ''[[The Listener (TV series)|The Listener]]'', ''[[Murdoch Mysteries]]'', and ''[[Aaron Stone]]'', as well as many television films. Notable feature films he has directed include ''[[Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace]]'' (which he also wrote) for [[New Line Cinema]], and ''[[Fighting for Freedom (film)|Fighting for Freedom]]''. The pilot episode of ''[[Max Headroom (TV series)|Max Headroom]]'' ("[[Blipverts (Max Headroom)|Blipverts]]") that he directed for [[ABC Studios|ABC]] won several Emmys. The next pilot he directed, ''Nick Knight'', was developed by [[CBS]] into the long-running ''[[Forever Knight]]''.

Mann directed the TV movie adaption of [[Dean Koontz]]'s novel'', [[The Face of Fear (film)|The Face of Fear]]''. He most recently directed the TV movies ''A Mother's Crime'', ''The Past Never Dies'', and ''A Killer In My Home''.

Mann is also the creator and owner of the Los Angeles–based commercial production company FMPI, a producer of campaigns for domestic and international clients.

==Early life and education== Mann earned his Masters Film Degree with Distinction at the [[ArtCenter College of Design]] in Pasadena. His student film "Frames", a short black comedy about an obsessed filmmaker and his girlfriend, won an Emmy<ref>Farhad Mann Bio. [http://www.farhadmann.com "Farhad Mann Website"]</ref> and 17 international First Place awards, including at the New York Film Festival. Director [[Lee Strasberg]] saw Frames on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] and invited Mann to study in his Masters Program where he directed several theatrical productions.

==Personal life== Mann lives in Los Angeles, California. He enjoys all aspects of the arts including: film, theatre, music, and visual arts.

==Company== FMPI is a company that produces commercials, television, feature films and integrated media.<ref>FMPI Productions Inc. [http://www.fmpi.net "Company Website"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229070432/http://fmpi.net/ |date=2010-12-29 }}</ref>

==Filmography== '''Film''' {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Producer |- | 1995 | ''[[Return to Two Moon Junction]]'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- | 1996 | ''[[Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace]]'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- | 2013 | ''[[Fighting for Freedom]]'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |}

'''Short film''' * ''Don't Panic It's Organic'' (2013)

'''TV movies''' * ''[[Nick Knight (film)|Nick Knight]]'' (1989) * ''[[The Face of Fear (film)|The Face of Fear]]'' (1990) * ''Stranger in My Home'' (1997) * ''[[His and Her Christmas]]'' (2005) * ''In Her Mother's Footsteps'' (2006) * ''[[Devil's Diary]]'' (2007) * ''[[The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon]]'' (2008) * ''The Toyman Killer'' (2013) * ''Til Death Do Us Part'' (2014) * ''Fatal Memories'' (2015) * ''The Game of Love'' (2016) * ''Hopeless, Romantic'' (2016) * ''Twist of Fate'' (2016) * ''Can't Buy My Love'' (2017) * ''Daughter for Sale'' (2017) * ''A Mother's Crime'' (2017) * ''The Past Never Dies'' (2019) * ''A Killer In My Home'' (2020) * ''Mixed Baggage'' (2022)

'''TV series''' {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Notes |- | 1987 | ''[[Max Headroom (TV series)|Max Headroom]]'' | Episode "[[Blipverts (Max Headroom)|Blipverts]]" |- | 1988 | ''[[Knightwatch]]'' | Episode "Knights of the City" |- | 1998-1999 | ''[[V.I.P. (American TV series)|V.I.P.]]'' | 4 episodes |- | 2000 | ''[[Diagnosis Murder]]'' | Episode "A Resting Place" |- | 2004 | ''[[1-800-Missing]]'' | Episode "Cop Out" |- | 2004-2005 | ''[[Wild Card (TV series)|Wild Card]]'' | 3 episodes |- | rowspan=2|2005 | ''[[Young Blades]]'' | Episodes "The Invincible Sword" and "To Heir Is Human" |- | ''[[Strong Medicine]]'' | Episode "Broken Hearts" |- | 2007 | ''[[Painkiller Jane (TV series)|Painkiller Jane]]'' | 3 episodes |- | 2008-2019 | ''[[Murdoch Mysteries]]'' | 5 episodes |- | 2008 | ''[[ReGenesis]]'' | Episode "What It Feels Like" |- | 2010 | ''[[Aaron Stone]]'' | Episodes "Damage Control" and "In the Game of the Father" |- | 2011-2013 | ''[[The Listener (TV series)|The Listener]]'' | 5 episodes |- | 2016 | ''[[Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series)|Beauty & the Beast]]'' | Episode "Love Is a Battlefield" |- | 2018 | ''[[In Contempt]]'' | 4 episodes |- |rowspan=2| 2022 | ''[[Coroner (TV series)|Coroner]]'' | 2 episodes |- | ''Circuit Breakers'' | 2 episodes |}

==Commercials== Mann has directed several trendsetting commercials for multiple national campaigns. These include Pepsi, Budweiser, Coors, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Toyota, American Express, Chevrolet, and also for several agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, Ogilvy & Mather, Grey Worldwide, DDB Worldwide, McCann-Erickson, J. Walter Thompson, Leo Burnett, Young and Rubicam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fmpi.net/index_content.html|title=FMPI: Farhad Mann Productions, Inc.|website=www.fmpi.net|language=en|access-date=2018-02-28|archive-date=2018-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228162738/http://www.fmpi.net/index_content.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

These commercials have won many awards including, [[Clio Awards|Clios]], [[New York Film Festival|International film & TV festival of New York]], Houston International film festival, IFPA CINDY award, [[Art Directors Club of New York|Art Director's Club of New York]], and U.S. Television Commercials Festival Chicago.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0542752}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101229070432/http://fmpi.net/ Farhad Mann Production website] *[http://www.farhadmann.com/ Farhad Mann website]

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