Farrokh Ghaffari (Persian: فرخ غفاری, 26 February 1922[1] – 17 December 2006) was an Iranian film director, actor, critic and author.
[3] In 1963, a heavily edited version of the film entitled Reghabat Dar Shahr (Urban Rivalry) was finally released.
Shab-e Quzi is a black comedy about smugglers who try to hide the body of a dead hunchback who is left on their doorstep.
In 1975, Ghaffari released his final film Zanbourak (The Running Canon) starring Parviz Sayyad and Shahnaz Tehrani.
In 1979 with the onslaught of the Iranian Revolution, Ghaffari moved to Paris, where he worked as a film critic for the magazine Positif.