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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
as Lui-même
1977
Days of Farrokh
as Self
2006
O.K. Mister
as William Knox D'Arcy
1979
Night of the Hunchback
1965
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
as Self
2013
The Lantern of Imagination
1976
Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre
as The head of the Asylum
1973
Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
as Self
2016
Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari
as self
2011