Farrokh Ghaffari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Farrokh Ghaffari

Film director, screenwriter and actor

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1921

Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Date of Death: 17-Dec-2006

Profession: screenwriter, actor, journalist, film director, film critic

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Farrokh Ghaffari (Persian: ??? ??????, 25 February 1921 – 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.