Farrokh Ghaffari

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0.5926

Gender

Male

Birthday

24-Nov-1921

Age

(105 years old)

Place of Birth

Iran

Also Known As
  • Farokh Ghafari
  • Farrogh Gaffary

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.


Credits

O.K. Mister O.K. Mister (1979) Character: William Knox D'Arcy
In a remote village in the "land of roses and nightingales" one day surfaces a stranger: William Knox D'Arcy. To enact his plan for exploiting the wealth and the natural resources of this land, he sends after his cronies who descend upon the village in a big balloon. Among them is Cindrella a lady of electrifying beauty who is enlisted to keep the illiterate and lecherous villagers under her charm and make them follow D'Arcy's plans...
عباس کیارستمی: یک گزارش عباس کیارستمی: یک گزارش (2013) Character: Self
A look at the formation of the career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
Fanoos Khiyal Fanoos Khiyal (1976) Character: N/A
"Fanoos Khiyal", with a brief introduction from illustration in Persian literature to mezzanine in Iranian miniatures and folk paintings, introduces the first camcorder in Iran and shows the first available films. After that, with the development of theaters in Iran, the production of movies begins. Iranian filmmakers in this field have a variety of experiences that result in technical advances and a variety of styles.
Ispahan : lettre persane Ispahan : lettre persane (1977) Character: Lui-même
Jean Rouch’s camera follows his friend, filmmaker/actor/critic Farrokh Ghaffari, as he walks and talks us through the famous Shah Mosque in Esfehan. While guiding him and answering his questions, Ghaffari makes Rouch discover the beauties of the architecture of the mosque and its impact on the city. Throughout the tour, they discuss Islam’s complex relationship with death, sex and cinema.
روزگار فرخ روزگار فرخ (2006) Character: Self
The story of personal and artistic life of the progressive Iranian director, Farrokh Ghaffari from himself in an interview in the last years of his life in Paris.
Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari (2011) Character: self
A documentary about Farrokh Ghaffari, Iranian filmmaker.
لبهٔ تیغ: میراث بازیگران زن سینمای ایران لبهٔ تیغ: میراث بازیگران زن سینمای ایران (2016) Character: Self
An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.
شب قوزی شب قوزی (1965) Character: N/A
Adapted from a story in 1001 Nights, the story concerns the death of an actor and the comical incidents that occur as different people come into possession of, and attempt to dispose of, his body.
صمد و فولادزره دیو صمد و فولادزره دیو (1973) Character: The head of the Asylum
Samad burns an ogre's hair which causes an 8000 years old ogre to be released from his prison. The ogre eats a goat and also kidnapped Leila for Samad which causes her father to complain against Samad and sends him to jail but the ogre saves him and takes him to the city. There they have more adventures.



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