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Farrokh Ghaffari

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Film director, screenwriter and actor

Film & TV

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…

Known for

  • Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses — Self2016
  • Abbas Kiarostami: A Report — Self2013
  • Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari — self2011
  • Days of Farrokh — Self2006
  • O.K. Mister — William Knox D'Arcy1979
  • Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan) — Lui-même1977
  • The Lantern of Imagination‏1976
  • Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre — The head of the Asylum1973
  • Night of the Hunchback1965

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Tehran

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Iran
Place of birth
Kashan
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
Persian
Field of work
writing
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date of birth
1921-02-25
date of death
2006-12-17
start of work period
1958-00-00
Commons category
Farrokh Ghaffari
place of burial
Montparnasse Cemetery
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