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.
Directed
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Night of the Hunchback (1965) — Director
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South of the City (1958) — Director
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The Falconet (1975) — Director
- Which one is the bride? (1959) — Director
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Rivalry in the City (1960) — Director
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Life of Oil (1963) — Director
Also appeared in
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O.K. Mister (1979) — William Knox D'Arcy
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Night of the Hunchback (1965)
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Abbas Kiarostami: A Report (2013) — Self
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Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses (2016) — Self
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Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre (1973) — The head of the Asylum
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Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan) (1977) — Lui-même
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Days of Farrokh (2006) — Self
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The Lantern of Imagination (1976)
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Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari (2011) — self