Nasser Taghvai

Nāsser Taghvāí (ca 2007)

Nāsser Taghvāí (also spelt Nāser Taghvāee, Persian: ناصر تقوایی, born 1941) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter.

Born in Abadan, Iran, he graduated from the Faculty of Literature in Tehran University. After some experience as a storywriter, he started making documentaries in 1967, some of which stand out in the history of the Iranian documentary cinema. He made his debut, Tranquility in the Presence of Others, in 1970 and from the beginning his works have always gained the attention of Iranian critics. 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. The film won the 3rd prize at 48th Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland) in 1988.

Filmography

• Tranquility in the Presence of Others, 1973
• Sadeq the Kurdish, 1972
• Curse, 1973
• My Uncle Napoleon (TV series), 1976
• Captain Khorshid, 1987
• Oh Iran, 1990
• The Tales of Kish ("Greek Ship" episode), 1999
• Unruled Paper, 2001

See also

• Iranian New Wave