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.

Known For

6.0

Night of the Hunchback

Movie1965

4.8

Abbas Kiarostami: A Report

Movie2013

6.0

Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre

Movie1973

The Lantern of Imagination‏

Movie1976

2.8

Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses

Movie2016

Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari

Movie2011

4.2

O.K. Mister

Movie1979

9.0

Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)

Movie1977

Filmography