Lina Wertmüller

★ Directing #1,411

1928 - 2021 (age 93) • Directing

Born: 8/14/1928 in Rome, Italy

Died: 12/9/2021 (age 93)

Known for: Directing

Lina Wertmüller

★ Directing #1,411

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 Beauties.

Known For

Ciao, Professore!

72%

Director

1992

Swept Away

74%

Director

1974

Swept Away

48%

Original Film Writer

2002

Seven Beauties

75%

Writer

1975

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

70%

Screenplay

1972

The Seduction of Mimi

71%

Director

1972

Love and Anarchy

77%

Director

1973

Violent City

59%

Screenplay

1970

Noi ce la siamo cavata

66%

Sé stessa

2023

Ennio

83%

Self

2022

Opera Prima

Self

2021

Fellinopolis

62%

Self - Filmmaker

2021

Searching for Mr. Rugoff

70%

Self

2019

Roma Kaputt Mundi

Self

2018

Thus Spoke De Crescenzo

75%

2017

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

52%

Self

2017

Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man

Herself

2015

Behind the White Glasses

63%

Self

2015

Women Directors

Lina Wertmüller

2014

Tutte le storie di Piera

2014

Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth

Self

2014

Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano

Director

2014

Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano

Writer

2014

Welcome Mr. President!

62%

Potere Forte

2013

Case Chiuse

25%

2011

Noi c'eravamo

100%

Self

2011

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

50%

Self

2010