Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

Vincenzo Natali

Highest Rated: 84% Come True (2020)

Lowest Rated: 35% In the Tall Grass (2019)

Birthday: Jan 6, 1969

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Vincenzo Natali is a talented writer-director who's had a difficult time finding his way in the film industry. After graduating from the film program at Ryerson University, Natali began his career as a storyboard artist, working on mostly in animation. In 1997, he made his directorial debut, the brainy low-budget science fiction film "Cube," about seven people stuck in a high-tech prison filled with deadly traps. "Cube" was a cult hit, but despite its success, Natali struggled to get his next project off the ground. Eventually, he was handed another smart, dark, high-tech script, "Cypher," written by his friend Brian King. The film starred Jeremy Northam as a suburban schlub who takes a dangerous job as a corporate spy for a tech company, and ends up uncertain of his own identity. As a screenwriter, Natali continued to be drawn to science fiction, and specifically to characters trapped in close quarters, as in his next film, "Nothing," a wry fantasy about housemates who decide to hide out from all their troubles, only to find that the world outside their home has disappeared. Neither "Nothing" nor "Cypher" had much success, though neither hurt Natali's reputation among science fiction fans. He directed a segment of the omnibus film, "Paris, je t'aime," and a behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Terry Gilliam's "Tideland," before he finally had another high profile release, "Splice," about two geneticists who secretly invent a new lifeform, and see their relationship and their lives endangered as a result.

Show Less Show More

Highest rated movies

84% 57% Come True Watchlist 75% 37% Splice Watchlist 65% 70% King on Screen Watchlist
63% 76% Cube
Watchlist
59% 65% Cypher
Watchlist
56% 24% 388 Arletta Avenue
Watchlist
49% 42% Haunter
Watchlist
40% 62% Nothing
Watchlist
35% 33% In the Tall Grass Watchlist
25% Cube
Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
65% 70% King on Screen Self - 2022
No Score Yet 25% Cube Executive Producer - 2021
84% 57% Come True Executive Producer $61.6K 2020
35% 33% In the Tall Grass Director,
Writer,
Executive Producer
- 2019
49% 42% Haunter Director,
Executive Producer
- 2013
56% 24% 388 Arletta Avenue Executive Producer - 2011
75% 37% Splice Director,
Screenwriter
$17.0M 2009
40% 62% Nothing Director - 2003
59% 65% Cypher Director - 2002
63% 76% Cube Director,
Screenwriter
$489.2K 1997

TV

Credit
79% 85% The Peripheral Executive Producer 2022
93% 72% Cabinet of Curiosities Director,
Writer
2022
79% 75% Westworld Director 2016 2018
76% 70% American Gods Director 2017
79% 79% The Strain Director 2016
38% 64% Hemlock Grove Director 2014
No Score Yet 60% Earth: Final Conflict Director 1998-1999