Trivia

Was engaged to Italian actress Isabella Ferrari.

Daughter, with Anna Maria Malipiero, Ginevra was born in 1999.

Was engaged to actress Clarissa Burt.

Brother of Giovanni Nuti.

The 1990s were 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.

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 RAI TV, and shot their first feature film, West of Paperino (1981), written and directed by Benvenuti.

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 subdural hematoma that led 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.

In 1982 Nuti began a solo career with three movies directed by Maurizio Ponzi: What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight (1982), The Pool Hustlers (1982) and Son contento (1983).

In 1988 he also participated at the Sanremo Festival with the song "Sarà per te", later recorded by Mina.

On 21 September 2016, a second fall led to Nuti being hospitalized in critical condition again, and in July 2017, Nuti's daughter, Ginevra, became Nuti's legal guardian after her coming of age.