Nasser Taghvai
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.
Acting
Movie
Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty
as self
1999
Movie
Saying by Not Saying
as as Self
2021
Movie
The Final Word
as Himself
2009
Movie
Pure White
as Self
2022
Movie
After the silence
as himself
2002
Movie
Fannizadeh
as Himself
Movie
Nosrat Karimi, Being an Artist in Iran
as himself (archive footage)
2024
Movie
Frame
as Self
2020
Crew
Movie
Unruled Paper
Director
2002
TV
My Uncle Napoleon
Writer
1976
Movie
Captain Khorshid
Director
1987
Movie
Tranquility in the Presence of Others
Screenplay
1972
Movie
Tales of Kish
Director
1999
Movie
The Curse
Director
1973
Movie
Ey Iran
Writer
1990
Movie
Sadegh the Kurd
Director
1972
Movie
"Forough Farrokhzad" Funeral Ceremony
Director
1967
Movie
Pish
Writer
1997
Movie
Taxi Meter
Director
1967
Movie
Tamrin-e akhar
Director
2005