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He is married to avantgarde actress and filmmaker "Marzieh Vafamehr" and has no children.

Since his film first feature film "Tranquility in the Presence of Others" (1972, Winner Silver Lion, Best First Work, Venice International Film Festival) Taghvai has been instrumental in paving the way for the Iranian cinematic renaissance, so called the "Iranian New Wave.".

He made only three films before the Islamic revolution Aramesh , Nefrin and Sadegh Kordeh and only three films Nakhoda Khorshid, Ei Iran and Kaghaz Bikhat after the Islamic revolution.

He began his work when he was student in Abadan by writing.