Nasser Taghvai
Born: 1941-07-10 in Iran
Died: 2025-10-14
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2024
- Nosrat Karimi, Being an Artist in Iran as himself (archive footage)
2022
- Pure White as Self
2021
- Saying by Not Saying as as Self
2020
- Frame as Self
2009
- The Final Word as Himself
2005
- Tamrin-e akhar ... (Director)
2002
- Unruled Paper ... (Director)
- After the silence as himself
1999
- Tales of Kish ... (Director)
- Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty as self
1997
- Pish ... (Writer)
1990
- Ey Iran ... (Writer)
1987
- Captain Khorshid ... (Director)
1976
- My Uncle Napoleon ... (Writer)
1973
- The Curse ... (Director)
1972
- Sadegh the Kurd ... (Director)
- Tranquility in the Presence of Others ... (Screenplay)
1971
- Release ... (Director)
- Mashhad Ghali ... (Director)
1970
- Wind of Zaar ... (Director)
- Arba'een ... (Director)
- Naankhor-haye bisavadi ... (Director)
1969
- The Palm ... (Writer)
- Wind of Jinn ... (Writer)
1968
- Thursday-bazaar of Minaab ... (Director)
1967
- The Barbershop of Sun ... (Director)
- Taxi Meter ... (Director)
- "Forough Farrokhzad" Funeral Ceremony ... (Director)