Lina Wertmüller
Directing · Screenplay · Director · Writer
Born Aug 14, 1928 · Rome, Italy
Active 1953–2021 · Awards: Berliner Kunstpreis, Crystal Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Honorary Award, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Lina Wertmüller (14 August 1926 - 9 December 2021) was an Italian film writer and director of aristocratic Swiss descent. In 1976, she became the first woman ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing with the film Seven…
Filmography
Thus Spoke De Crescenzo (2017)Welcome Mr. President! (2013) — Potere ForteToo Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers (2006) — Director · WriterFrancesca and Nunziata (2003) — DirectorSwept Away (2002) — Original Film WriterFerdinando and Carolina (1999) — Director · WriterCiao, Professore! (1992) — Director · Story · ScreenplaySaturday, Sunday and Monday (1990) — Director · WriterOn a Moonlit Night (1989) — Director · Story · ScreenplayÈ una domenica sera di novembre (1981) — DirectorBlood Feud (1978) — Director · WriterWhich Way Is Up? (1977) — Original Film WriterSeven Beauties (1975) — Writer · Producer · DirectorSwept Away (1974) — Director · Story · ScreenplayAll Screwed Up (1974) — Writer · DirectorLove and Anarchy (1973) — Director · Story · ScreenplayNessuno deve sapere (1973) — StoryBrother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) — ScreenplayThe Seduction of Mimi (1972) — Director · Story · ScreenplayViolent City (1970) — ScreenplayCiao, Federico! (1970) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)The Belle Starr Story (1968) — Director · WriterGian Burrasca's Diary (1964) — Director · DialogueThe Basilisks (1963) — Screenplay · Director · Story