Farrokh Ghaffari
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.
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
as SelfA look at the formation of the career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
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The Lantern of Imagination
as uncredited"Fanoos Khiyal", with a brief introduction from illustration in Persian literature to mezzanine...
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Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre
as The head of the AsylumSamad burns an ogre's hair which causes an 8000 years old ogre to be released from his prison....
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Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
as SelfAn examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979...
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Night of the Hunchback
as uncreditedAdapted from a story in 1001 Nights, the story concerns the death of an actor and the comical...
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Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
as Lui-mêmeJean Rouch’s camera follows his friend, filmmaker/actor/critic Farrokh Ghaffari, as he walks and...
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O.K. Mister
as uncreditedIn a remote village in the "land of roses and nightingales" one day surfaces a stranger: William...
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Days of Farrokh
as SelfThe story of personal and artistic life of the progressive Iranian director, Farrokh Ghaffari...
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