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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.
Top Filmography
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O.K. Mister
1979 // MOVIE
4.8
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
2013 // MOVIE
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Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
2016 // MOVIE
5.0
Night of the Hunchback
1965 // MOVIE
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Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre
1973 // MOVIE
8.0
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
1977 // MOVIE
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Days of Farrokh
2006 // MOVIE
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The Lantern of Imagination
1976 // MOVIE
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Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari
2011 // MOVIE