Farrokh Ghaffari
Directing • Born 1921-11-24 – Died 2006-12-17
Directing0Iran
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.
Filmography
9 credits
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
Movie • 1977
Lui-même
Days of Farrokh
Movie • 2006
Self
O.K. Mister
Movie • 1979
William Knox D'Arcy
Night of the Hunchback
Movie • 1965
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
Movie • 2013
Self
The Lantern of Imagination
Movie • 1976
Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre
Movie • 1973
The head of the Asylum
Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
Movie • 2016
Self
Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari
Movie • 2011
self