Nasser Taghvai
Directing
Born 1941-07-10
Died 2025-10-14
Iran
29 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Directing
21 credits
My Uncle Napoleon
Ey Iran
Wind of Jinn
Taxi Meter
Arba'een
The Curse
Tranquility in the Presence of Others
Captain Khorshid
Mashhad Ghali
Pish
Tales of Kish
Release
"Forough Farrokhzad" Funeral Ceremony
Unruled Paper
Wind of Zaar
Sadegh the Kurd
The Palm
The Barbershop of Sun
Tamrin-e akhar
Thursday-bazaar of Minaab
Naankhor-haye bisavadi
Writing
11 credits
My Uncle Napoleon
Ey Iran
Wind of Jinn
Tranquility in the Presence of Others
Captain Khorshid
Pish
Release
Unruled Paper
Wind of Zaar
Sadegh the Kurd
The Palm
Acting
8 credits
Nosrat Karimi, Being an Artist in Iran
Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty
The Final Word
After the silence
Saying by Not Saying
Frame
Fannizadeh
Pure White
Other credits
1 credit
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