Francesco Nuti (born 17 May 1955) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Born in Prato, Nuti began his professional career as an actor in the late 1970s, when he formed the cabaret group ''Giancattivi'' together with Alessandro Benvenuti and Athina Cenci. The group took part in the TV shows ''Black Out'' and ''Non Stop'' for

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, 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

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: '' What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight'' (1982), ''

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'' (1982) and '' Son contento'' (1983). 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), ''

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'' 1990 and '' Women in Skirts'' (1991). In 1988 he also participated at the

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with the song "Sarà per te", later recorded by Mina. In 1992 he sang with

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in "Lasciamoci respirare", written by singer-songwriter

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. The 1990s were however a period of decline for the Tuscan director, with poorly successful movies such as '' OcchioPinocchio'' (1994), ''

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'' (1998), ''

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'' (2000) and '' Caruso, Zero for Conduct'' (2001). In the following years Nuti also started to suffer from depression and

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Accident and permanent disability

On 2 September 2006, just before starting to shoot a new film (which was going to be titled ''Olga e i fratellastri Billi''), Nuti was admitted to the hospital Policlinico Umberto I in Rome, following a severe fall from the stairs of his home. The accident caused Nuti a

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that lead to serious cerebral damage, leaving him unable to speak or move. In the following years, a few public appearances on Italian television publicly displayed his disabled condition, triggering both a powerful emotional response from Nuti's fans, and outrage for what was perceived as a ruthless exploitation of the former director's suffering. On 21 September 2016, a second fall lead to Nuti being hospitalized in critical conditions again. In July 2017, Nuti's daughter, Ginevra, becomes Nuti's legal guardian after her coming of age.
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Filmography

Director

*'' All the Fault of Paradise'' (1985) *'' Casablanca, Casablanca'' (1985) *'' Stregati'' (1987) *'' Caruso Pascoski, Son of a Pole'' (1988) *''

'' (1990) *'' Women in Skirts'' (1991) *'' OcchioPinocchio'' (1994) *''

'' (1998) *''

'' (2000) *'' Caruso, Zero for Conduct'' (2001)

Screenwriter

*'' What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight'' (1982) *''

'' (1982) *'' Son contento'' (1983) *'' Casablanca, Casablanca'' (1985) *'' All the Fault of Paradise'' (1985) *'' Stregati'' (1987) *'' Caruso Pascoski, Son of a Pole'' (1988) *''

'' (1990) *'' Women in Skirts'' (1991) *'' OcchioPinocchio'' (1994) *''

'' (1998) *''

'' (2000) *'' Caruso, Zero for Conduct'' (2001)

Actor

*'' West of Paperino'' (1982) *'' What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight'' (1982) *''

'' (1982) *'' Son contento'' (1983) *'' Sogni e bisogni'' (1984, TV) *'' Casablanca, Casablanca'' (1985) *'' All the Fault of Paradise'' (1985) *'' Stregati'' (1987) *'' Caruso Pascoski, Son of a Pole'' (1988) *''

'' (1990) *'' Women in Skirts'' (1991) *'' OcchioPinocchio'' (1994) *''

'' (1998) *''

'' (2000) *'' Caruso, Zero for Conduct'' (2001) *'' Concorso di colpa'' (2005)

Producer

*''

Maramao ''Maramao'' is a 1987 Italian film by Giovanni Veronesi at his directorial debut. Cast *Vanessa Gravina as Patrizia *Maurizio Begotti as Sandro *Filippo Tempesti as Giannino *Alberto Frasca as Pippo *Cristina Sivieri as Chiara *Romney Williams as ...

'' (1987) *''

'' (2000)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nuti, Francesco 1955 births Living people People from Prato Italian male film actors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian film directors David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors