Farrokh Ghaffari
Biography
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
Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre
Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
Night of the Hunchback
The Lantern of Imagination
Days of Farrokh
Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari
O.K. Mister
All Movies (9)
- Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses2016 · as Self
- Abbas Kiarostami: A Report2013 · as Self
- Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari2011 · as self
- Days of Farrokh2006 · as Self
- O.K. Mister1979 · as William Knox D'Arcy
- Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)1977 · as Lui-même
- The Lantern of Imagination1976
- Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre1973 · as The head of the Asylum
- Night of the Hunchback1965