Forugh Farrokhzad

Forugh Farrokhzad

Known for

Directing

Born

December 29, 1934

Birthplace

Iran

Died

February 13, 1967 (aged 32)

Biography

Forugh Farrokhzad (Persian: فروغ فرخزاد‎‎; December 29, 1934 – February 13, 1967) was an influential Iranian poet and film director. She was a controversial modernist poet and an iconoclast, writing from a female point of view.

Best known work

The House Is Black
The House Is Black
1963
The Brick and the Mirror
The Brick and the Mirror
1966
A Fire
A Fire
1961
Courtship
Courtship
1961
"Forough Farrokhzad" Funeral Ceremony
"Forough Farrokhzad" Funeral Ceremony
1967
The Mirror of the Soul
The Mirror of the Soul
2002
Summit of the Wave
Summit of the Wave
2003
The Green Cold
The Green Cold
1999
Moon Sun Flower Game: A True Fairytale
Moon Sun Flower Game: A True Fairytale
2008
Only Voice Remains
Only Voice Remains
2019

Filmography

  1. 2019

    Only Voice Remains

    as Self

  2. 2008

  3. 2003

  4. 2002

  5. 1999

  6. 1967

  7. 1966

    The Brick and the Mirror

    as Woman in taxi (uncredited)

  8. 1963

    The House Is Black

    as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Editor, Screenplay

  9. 1962

  10. 1961

    A Fire

    Editor

  11. 1961

    Courtship

    as Sister of the Groom

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