Person

Nasser Taghvai

Directing · 1941–2025 · Iran

Biography

Naser Taghvai is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. Naser Taghvai was born in Abadan, Iran. After early experiences as a story writer, he began filming documentaries in 1967. He made his debut, Tranquility in the Presence of Others, in 1970 and gained the attention of Iranian critics. He became famous by directing the TV series My Uncle Napoleon. His concern for the ethnography and atmosphere of southern Iran is notable in his films. Most of his works have been based on novels. Captain Khorshid is an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, which won the third prize at the 48th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland in 1988. In 1999 he directed a segment of the film Tales of Kish, which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Known for

Filmography

2024Nosrat Karimi, Being an Artist in Iranhimself (archive footage)
2022Pure WhiteSelf
2021Saying by Not Sayingas Self
2020FrameSelf
2009The Final WordHimself
2005Tamrin-e akharDirector
2002After the silencehimself
2002Unruled PaperDirector
1999Tales of KishDirector
1999Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Libertyself
1997PishDirector
1990Ey IranDirector
1987Captain KhorshidDirector
1976My Uncle NapoleonWriter
1973The CurseDirector
1972Tranquility in the Presence of OthersDirector
1972Sadegh the KurdDirector
1971ReleaseDirector
1971Mashhad GhaliDirector
1970Naankhor-haye bisavadiDirector
1970Wind of ZaarDirector
1970Arba'eenDirector
1969The PalmDirector
1969Wind of JinnWriter
1968Thursday-bazaar of MinaabDirector
1967Taxi MeterDirector
1967The Barbershop of SunDirector
1967"Forough Farrokhzad" Funeral CeremonyDirector
—FannizadehHimself

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