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

1973•Movie•

6.0

Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses

2016•Movie•

2.8

Abbas Kiarostami: A Report

2013•Movie•

4.8

Night of the Hunchback

1965•Movie•

5.8

The Lantern of Imagination‏

1976•Movie

Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)

1977•Movie•

9.0

O.K. Mister

1979•Movie•

4.2

Days of Farrokh

2006•Movie

Filmography