Farhad Mann

Farhad Mann is an American director, screenwriter of film, television and commercials, and owner of the production company FMPI.

Farhad Mann
NationalityAmerican
EducationArtCenter College of Design
OccupationFilm, television, and commercial director
Years active1987-present

Mann has directed episodes for television series such as Beauty & the Beast, 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. The pilot episode of Max Headroom ("Blipverts") that he directed for 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. 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[1] and 17 international First Place awards, including at the New York Film Festival. Director Lee Strasberg saw Frames on 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, theater, music and visual arts.

Company

FMPI[2] is an award-winning company that produces commercials, television, feature films and integrated media.

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Return to Two Moon Junction Director
1996 Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace Director, writer
2013 Fighting for Freedom Director, producer
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Max Headroom Director Episode: "Blipverts"
1988 Knightwatch Director Episode: "Knights of the City"
1989 Nick Knight Director TV movie
1990 The Face of Fear Director TV movie
1997 Stranger in My Home Director TV movie
1998-1999 V.I.P. Director 4 episodes
2000 Diagnosis Murder Director Episode: "A Resting Place"
2003 Evil Never Dies Teleplay TV movie
2004 1-800-Missing Director Episode: "Cop Out"
Wild Card Director Episode: "Tick Tock, Writer's Block"
2005 Young Blades Director Episodes: "The Invincible Sword", "To Heir Is Human"
Wild Card Director Episodes: "Russian Missus Gets No Kisses", "Zoe's Phony Matrimony"
Strong Medicine Director Episode: "Broken Hearts"
His and Her Christmas Director TV movie
2006 In Her Mother's Footsteps Director TV movie
2007 TV series Director 3 episodes
Devil's Diary Director TV movie
2008 Murdoch Mysteries Director Episodes: "Power", "Belly Speaker"
ReGenesis Director Episode: "What It Feels Like"
The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon Director TV movie
2009 Murdoch Mysteries Director Episodes: "Snakes and Ladders", "Houdini Whodunit"
2010 Aaron Stone Director Episodes: "Damage Control", "In the Game of the Father"
2011 The Listener Director Episode: "Jericho"
2012 Episodes: "The Bank Job", "Curtain Call"
2013 Episodes: "Cold Storage", "Witness for the Prosecution"
The Toyman Killer Director TV movie
Don't Panic It's Organic Director Short film
2014 Til Death Do Us Part Director TV movie
2015 Fatal Memories Director TV movie
2016 The Game of Love Director TV movie
Hopeless, Romantic Director TV movie
Twist of Fate Director TV movie
Beauty & the Beast Director Episode: "Love Is a Battlefield"
2017 Can't Buy My Love Director TV movie
Daughter for Sale Director TV movie
A Mother's Crime Director TV movie
2018 In Contempt Director 4 episodes
2019 Murdoch Mysteries Director Episode: "Manual for Murder" (excerpt only)
The Past Never Dies Director TV movie
2020 A Killer In My Home Director TV movie

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.[3]

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

gollark: Ideally we would be believing things based on whether they're actually true/well-evidenced or not, instead of aesthetics or whether or not persecuted minorities believe them, but whatever.
gollark: I do not think *anyone* should have a monopoly on particular ideas/beliefs.
gollark: Yes, gatekeeping religious concepts is vaguely weird.
gollark: He was quite clearly a lich.
gollark: Make it seem extremely boring and irrelevant.

References
  1. Farhad Mann Bio. "Farhad Mann Website"
  2. FMPI Productions Inc. "Company Website" Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "FMPI: Farhad Mann Productions, Inc". www.fmpi.net. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
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