Farrokh Ghaffari
Film director, screenwriter and actor · Iran · On the map · Directors · Lived 1921 to 2006 · aged 85
Farrokh Ghaffari 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.
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Days of FarrokhFilm, 20061979
O.K. MisterFilm, William Knox D'Arcy1978Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAward1977
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)Film, Lui-même1976
The Lantern of ImaginationFilm1975
The FalconetFilm, Director, Writer1973
Samad and Foolad Zereh, the OgreFilm, The head of the Asylum1965
Night of the HunchbackFilm, Director, Writer1963
Life of OilFilm, Director1960
Rivalry in the CityFilm, Director1959Which one is the bride?Film, Director, Producer1958
South of the CityFilm, Director, Producer1921Born25 February 1921People around Farrokh
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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.
