Farrokh Ghaffari
Known for DirectingBorn 1921-11-24 — died 2006-12-17Iran
Farrokh Ghaffari (Persian: فرخ غفاری) (born 1921 – died 17 December 2006) was an Iranian film director, actor, critic and author. Along with Ebrahim Golestan and Fereydoun Rahnema he was one of the founders of Iran's New Wave film movement. By establishing the first National Iranian Film Society in 1949 at the Iran Bastan Museum and organizing the first Film Week during which English films were exhibited, Ghaffari laid the foundation for alternative and non-commercial films in Iran.
Known for
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
2013 · as Self
Night of the Hunchback
1965
Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre
1973 · as The head of the Asylum
The Lantern of Imagination
1976
Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
2016 · as Self
O.K. Mister
1979 · as William Knox D'Arcy
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
1977 · as Lui-même
Days of Farrokh
2006 · as Self
Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari
2011 · as self