Nasser Taghvai

Known for DirectingBorn 1941-07-10Died 2025-10-14Iran

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Tamrin-e akhar

Pish

Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty

My Uncle Napoleon

Unruled Paper

Ey Iran

Sadegh the Kurd

Captain Khorshid

Taxi Meter

"Forough Farrokhzad" Funeral Ceremony

Tranquility in the Presence of Others

Tales of Kish

The Curse

Nosrat Karimi, Being an Artist in Iran

Pure White

Saying by Not Saying

Frame

The Final Word

After the silence

Mashhad Ghali

Release

Arba'een

Naankhor-haye bisavadi

Wind of Zaar

Wind of Jinn

The Palm

Thursday-bazaar of Minaab

The Barbershop of Sun

Fannizadeh