Farrokh Ghaffari
November 24, 1921 (103 years old) in Iran
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
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- 2016 · Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses as Self
- 2013 · Abbas Kiarostami: A Report as Self
- 2011 · Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari as self
- 2006 · Days of Farrokh as Self
- 1979 · O.K. Mister as
- 1977 · Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan) as Lui-même
- 1976 · The Lantern of Imagination as
- 1973 · Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre as The head of the Asylum
- 1965 · Night of the Hunchback as