Francesco Nuti
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.
Acting
Movie
Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco)
as Caruso Pascoski
1988
Movie
Blame it on Paradise
as Romeo Casamonica
1985
Movie
The Pool Hustlers
as Francesco Piccioli detto "Il Toscano"
1983
Movie
Mr. Fifteen Balls
as Francesco
1998
Movie
Willy Signori e vengo da lontano
as Willy Signori
1989
Movie
What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight
as Francesco
1982
Movie
Ad ovest di Paperino
as Francesco
1982
Movie
Donne con le gonne
as Renzo Calabrese
1991
Movie
Casablanca, Casablanca
as Francesco Piccioli detto "Il Toscano"
1985
Movie
Stregati
as Lorenzo
1986
Movie
I Love Andrea
as Dado
2000
Movie
OcchioPinocchio
as Pinocchio
1994
Movie
Caruso, zero in condotta
as Lorenzo Caruso
2001
Movie
Son contento
as Francesco Giglio
1983
Movie
Concorso di colpa
as Francesco De Bernardi
2005
Movie
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
as Self
1984
Movie
I magnifici 4 della risata
2022
Movie
Ti vogliamo bene Francesco Nuti
2021
TV
Sogni e bisogni
as Sant'Analfabeta
1985
Crew
Movie
Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco)
Director
1988
Movie
Blame it on Paradise
Director
1985
Movie
The Pool Hustlers
Screenplay
1983
Movie
Mr. Fifteen Balls
Director
1998
Movie
Willy Signori e vengo da lontano
Director
1989
Movie
What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight
Screenplay
1982
Movie
Benvenuti in casa Gori
Executive Producer
1990
Movie
Donne con le gonne
Director
1991
Movie
Casablanca, Casablanca
Director
1985
Movie
Stregati
Story
1986
Movie
I Love Andrea
Director
2000
Movie
OcchioPinocchio
Director
1994