Behrouz Gharibpour ( بهروز غریبپور ) was born in 1950 and is a renowned Iranian theatre director and pioneer of traditional Persian puppet theatre.He studied theatre at Tehran University and at the Dramatic Arts Academy in Rome (Silvio D\'Amico). He founded puppet theatre centres in Tehran and Esfahan and changed Tehran's slaughterhouse into the greatest cultural centre in Iran. He is experienced in writing and filmmaking. Gharibpour is known for his solid research works on the Iranian puppetr
...y as was commonly practiced during Qajar era. He was the president of the UNIMA.
