Vincenzo Natali (born 1969)[ is an American-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, known for writing and directing science fiction and such as Cube, Cypher, Nothing, and Splice.
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Early life and education
Natali was born in Detroit, to a nursery school teacher/painter mother and a photographer father.[ He moved to Toronto, along with his family, at the age of one. During his time at Royal St. George's College, Natali befriended British-born Canadian actor David Hewlett, who has appeared in the majority of films that Natali has directed. Natali also attended the film programme at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. He was eventually hired as a storyboard artist at the Nelvana Animation Studios.][ Northern Stars: Vincenzo Natali ] His cinematic influences included Samuel Beckett, David Cronenberg,
Career
Natali's directing debut came in 1997, when he directed Cube which he also co-wrote.
Following the June 2010 release of Splice (2009),
Natali was nominated for the 4th Annual Splatcademy Awards under the category "Best Director" presented by Cadaver Lab for his work Splice.[ Bryan Fuller Gives the Scoop on Hannibal Season 3] in 2015, he also directed the second episode (entitled "Simon") of the first season of the American supernatural drama television series The Returned. In 2016, he directed the fourth episode ("Dissonance Theory") of the HBO series Westworld. In 2017, he directed the fifth episode ("Lemon Scented You") of the Starz series American Gods.
He directed a pilot for a new Tremors TV series starring Kevin Bacon reprising his role from the 1990 film but it was not picked up by SyFy as a series.
A television adaptation of William Gibson's The Peripheral was put into development in April 2018 by Amazon,
He has directed the last 2 episodes of the first season for the Locke & Key TV series, distributed by Netflix.
In 2024, he was awarded the Trailblazer Award at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival.
Filmography
Short film
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| 1996 | Elevated | | | |
| 2006 | Quartier de la Madeleine | | | Segment of Paris, je t'aime |
| 2014 | U is for Utopia | | | Segment of ABCs of Death 2 |
Executive producer
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Eyes on the Road (2006)
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Cube (2021)
Feature film
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| 1997 | Cube | | | |
| 2002 | Cypher | | | |
| 2003 | Nothing | | | |
| 2009 | Splice | | | |
| 2011 | 388 Arletta Avenue | | | |
| 2013 | Haunter | | | |
| 2018 | Come True | | | |
| 2019 | In the Tall Grass | | | |
Documentary
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| 2005 | Getting Gilliam | Documentary on the making of Terry Gilliam's Tideland |
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Television
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| 1996 | Space Cases | "The Sporting Kind" |
| 1998 | | "Pentimento" |
| 1998–1999 | | "Payback"
"Friendly Fire" |
| 2013 | Darknet | Episode 1 , also executive producer |
| 2014–2015 | Hannibal | "Su-zakana"
"Naka-Choko"
"Antipasto"
"Primavera"
"Secondo"
"Dolce" |
| 2014 | Hemlock Grove | "Gone Sis" |
| Ascension | "Chapter Two: Part 1" |
| 2015 | The Returned | "Simon" |
| Orphan Black | "Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow" |
| 2015–2016 | The Strain | "Fallen Light"
"The Night Train"
"Do or Die" |
| 2016 | Wayward Pines | "City Upon a Hill" |
| Luke Cage | "Step in the Arena" |
| 2016–2018 | Westworld | "Dissonance Theory"
"Reunion" |
| 2017 | American Gods | "Lemon Scented You" |
| 2018 | Lost in Space | "Eulogy" |
| 2020 | Locke & Key | "Echoes"
"Crown of Shadows" |
| The Stand | "The Walk"
"The Stand" |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | "The Graveyard Rats" |
| The Peripheral | "Pilot", also executive producer |
| 2026 | VisionQuest | Post-production |
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