Piero Natoli

{{Short description|Italian actor, director, and screenwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Piero Natoli | image = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1947|11|22}} | birth_place = Rome, Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2001|5|8|1947|11|22}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = Actor <br/> Director <br/> Screenwriter | height = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | children = Carlotta Natoli }} '''Piero Natoli''' (22 November 1947 – 8 May 2001) was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.

Born in Rome, Natoli entered the cinema industry as an assistant director to Marco Bellocchio.<ref name="bgb">{{cite news|title=Addio a Piero Natoli: regista con Bellocchio recitò accanto a Verdone e nell' ultimo Muccino|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2001/maggio/09/Addio_Piero_Natoli_regista_con_co_0_0105097725.shtml|accessdate=29 March 2014|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=9 May 2001}}</ref> After an intense career as a documentarist for RAI,<ref name=fef>{{cite news|last=Valerio Cappelli|title=Piero Natoli, guascone romano che amava il cinema raffinato|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2001/maggio/09/Piero_Natoli_guascone_romano_che_co_10_0105096450.shtml|accessdate=29 March 2014|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=9 May 2001}}</ref> in 1980 he debuted as director and actor with ''Armonica a bocca''.<ref name="bgb"/> Between the second half of 1980s and the early 2000s he had an intense career as a character actor, working with Gabriele Muccino, Paolo Virzì, Marco Risi, Carlo Verdone and Antonello Grimaldi, among others.<ref name="bgb"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Paolo D'Agostini|title=È morto Piero Natoli regista e attore generoso|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2001/05/09/morto-piero-natoli-regista-attore-generoso.html?ref=search|accessdate=29 March 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=9 May 2001}}</ref> He died of an intracranial aneurysm.<ref name="bgb"/> His daughter Carlotta Natoli is also an actress.

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