Person

Farrokh Ghaffari

Directing · 1921–2006 · 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.

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  The Falconet

  Writer

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  Night of the Hunchback

  1965

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  Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre

  The head of the Asylum

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  Abbas Kiarostami: A Report

  Self

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  The Lantern of Imagination‏

  1976

• Which one is the bride?

  Director

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  South of the City

  Director

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  O.K. Mister

  William Knox D'Arcy

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  Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses

  Self

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  Life of Oil

  Director

• 2016Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian ActressesSelf
• 2013Abbas Kiarostami: A ReportSelf
• 2011Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffariself
• 2006Days of FarrokhSelf
• 1979O.K. MisterWilliam Knox D'Arcy
• 1977Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)Lui-même
• 1976The Lantern of Imagination‏
• 1975The FalconetWriter
• 1973Samad and Foolad Zereh, the OgreThe head of the Asylum
• 1965Night of the Hunchback
• 1963Life of OilDirector
• 1960Rivalry in the CityDirector
• 1959Which one is the bride?Director
• 1958South of the CityDirector