Piero Natoli
Piero Natoli (actually Pietro Natoli ; born November 22, 1946 in Rome ; † May 8, 2001 ibid) was an Italian film director , screenwriter and actor .
Life
Natoli's family comes from Sicily; he graduated in law and worked in 1969 as an assistant to Pier Paolo Pasolini , later to Silvano Agosti . He then shot reports and documentaries for Italian television. In 1978 he presented his first cinema work. Armonica a bocca won the grand prize of the "Incontri Internazionali del Cinema" in Sorrento , but did not find regular distribution. Natoli had more luck with the follow-up work, the excellent and very personal crisis analysis Con fusion , in which - as in all of his films - he played himself. Active since 1984 for other directors as an excellent actor of a number of unforgettable characters, the declaration of love for cinema, Ladri di cinema from 1994 , stands out among his other works .
Natoli, loved by the audience and his colleagues for his kindness and generosity, died of the effects of a cerebral haemorrhage during a stay in a gym.
Filmography (selection)
- Director, screenwriter, actor
- 1978: Armonica a bocca
- 1980: Con fusion
- 1988: Whoever wants can stay (Chi c'è c'è)
- 1991: Gli assassini vanno in coppia
- 1994: Ladri di cinema
- actor
- 1984: Magic Moments
- 2001: L'ultimo bacio
- Screenwriter
- 1979: The leap into the void (Salto nel vuoto)
Web links
- Piero Natoli in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi. Rome 2002, p. 306
- ↑ Natoli at mymovies
- ^ Obituary in the Corriere
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Natoli, Piero |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Natoli, Pietro |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director, screenwriter and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 2001 |
Place of death | Rome |