Nasser Taghvai

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.

Directed

1. Unruled Paper (2002) — Director
2. My Uncle Napoleon (1976) — Director
3. Captain Khorshid (1987) — Director
4. Tranquility in the Presence of Others (1972) — Director
5. Tales of Kish (1999) — Director
6. The Curse (1973) — Director
7. Ey Iran (1990) — Director
8. Sadegh the Kurd (1972) — Director
9. "Forough Farrokhzad" Funeral Ceremony (1967) — Director
10. Pish (1997) — Director
11. Taxi Meter (1967) — Director
12. Tamrin-e akhar (2005) — Director
13. Wind of Jinn (1969) — Director
14. Arba'een (1970) — Director
15. The Barbershop of Sun (1967) — Director
16. Thursday-bazaar of Minaab (1968) — Director
17. Naankhor-haye bisavadi (1970) — Director
18. Mashhad Ghali (1971) — Director
19. Release (1971) — Director
20. The Palm (1969) — Director
21. Wind of Zaar (1970) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty (1999) — self
2. Saying by Not Saying (2021) — as Self
3. The Final Word (2009) — Himself
4. Pure White (2022) — Self
5. After the silence (2002) — himself
6. Fannizadeh — Himself
7. Nosrat Karimi, Being an Artist in Iran (2024) — himself (archive footage)
8. Frame (2020) — Self