Director

Nasser Taghvai

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Directed movies: 13Directed series: 0All crew credits: 20

TMDB ID: 1179182

IMDb ID: nm0846550

Known for: Directing

Born: July 10, 1941

Died: October 14, 2025

Age: 84

Place of birth: Iran

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1967 - 2024

Years active: 58

Wikidata: Q2817346

Also known as

Naser Taghvai • ناصر تقوایی • ناصر تقوائی

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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.

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