Farrokh Ghaffari
Born: 1921-11-24 in Iran
Died: 2006-12-17
Known For: Directing
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
2016
2013
- Abbas Kiarostami: A Report as Self
2011
- Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari as self
2006
- Days of Farrokh as Self
1979
- O.K. Mister as William Knox D'Arcy
1977
1975
- The Falconet ... (Writer)
1973
- Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre as The head of the Asylum
1963
- Life of Oil ... (Director)
1960
- Rivalry in the City ... (Director)
1959
- Which one is the bride? ... (Director)
1958
- South of the City ... (Director)