Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1921-11-24
Day of Death
2006-12-17
Place of Birth
Iran
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.
Filmography (9)
⭐ 2.8
Role:
Self
Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
2016
⭐ 4.8
Role:
Self
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
2013
⭐ 0
Role:
self
Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari
2011
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
Days of Farrokh
2006
⭐ 4.2
Role:
William Knox D'Arcy
O.K. Mister
1979
⭐ 9.0
Role:
Lui-même
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
1977
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
The Lantern of Imagination
1976
⭐ 6.0
Role:
The head of the Asylum
Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre
1973
⭐ 5.8
Role:
Unknown