Farrokh Ghaffari
Directing
November 24, 1921 — December 17, 2006Iran
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
Directing6
movieThe Falconet
1975
Director
movieNight of the Hunchback
1965
Director
movieLife of Oil
1963
Director
movieRivalry in the City
1960
Director
movieSouth of the City
1958
Director
Acting9
movieO.K. Mister
1979
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movieSamad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre
1973
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