Francesco Nuti
Born: 1955-05-17 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy
Died: 2023-06-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
Francesco Nuti (17 May 1955 – 12 June 2023) was an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. Nuti began his professional career as an actor in the late 1970s, when he took part in the cabaret group Giancattivi together with Alessandro Benvenuti and Athina Cenci. The group took part in some TV shows for RAI TV, and shot their first feature film, West of Paperino (1981), written and directed by Benvenuti. The following year Nuti abandoned the trio and began a solo career with three movies directed by Maurizio Ponzi. Starting in 1985, he began to direct his movies, scoring an immediate success with the films "Casablanca, Casablanca" and "All the Fault of Paradise" (1985), "Stregati" (1987), "Caruso Pascoski, Son of a Pole" (1988), "Willy Signori e vengo da lontano" (1989) and "Women in Skirts" (1991). The 1990s were however a period of decline for the Tuscan director, with unsuccessful movies such as OcchioPinocchio (1994), Mr. Fifteen Balls (1998), Io amo Andrea (2000) and Caruso, Zero for Conduct (2001). In the following years Nuti also started to suffer from depression and alcoholism. On 2 September 2006, following a severe fall from the the stairs of his home, he had serious cerebral damage, leaving him unable to speak or move. Nuti died on 12 June 2023, at the age of 68.
Filmography
2005
- Concorso di colpa as Francesco De Bernardi
2001
- Caruso, zero in condotta as Lorenzo Caruso
2000
- I Love Andrea as Dado
1998
- Mr. Fifteen Balls as Francesco
1994
- OcchioPinocchio as Pinocchio
1991
- Donne con le gonne as Renzo Calabrese
1990
- Benvenuti in casa Gori ... (Executive Producer)
1989
- Willy Signori e vengo da lontano as Willy Signori
1988
- Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco) as Caruso Pascoski
1987
- Maramao ... (Producer)
1986
- Stregati as Lorenzo
1985
- Sogni e bisogni as Sant'Analfabeta
- Casablanca, Casablanca as Francesco Piccioli detto "Il Toscano"
- Blame it on Paradise as Romeo Casamonica
1984
- Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer as Self
1983
- Son contento as Francesco Giglio
- The Pool Hustlers as Francesco Piccioli detto "Il Toscano"
1982
- Ad ovest di Paperino as Francesco
- What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight as Francesco