Lina Wertmüller

Known for

Directing

Born

August 14, 1928

Birthplace

Rome, Italy

Died

December 9, 2021 (aged 93)

Biography

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.

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Best known work

Welcome Mr. President!

2013

Ciao, Professore!

1992

Ennio

2022

Swept Away

1974

Swept Away

2002

Seven Beauties

1975

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972

The Seduction of Mimi

1972

Love and Anarchy

1973

Violent City

1970

Filmography

TBA
Grazie Lina
2023
Noi ce la siamo cavata
as Sé stessa
2022
Ennio
as Self
2021
Opera Prima
as Self
2021
Fellinopolis
as Self - Filmmaker
2019
Searching for Mr. Rugoff
as Self
2018
Roma Kaputt Mundi
as Self
2017
Thus Spoke De Crescenzo
2017
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
2015
Behind the White Glasses
as Self
2015
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
as Herself
2014
Women Directors
as Lina Wertmüller
2014
Tutte le storie di Piera
2014
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
as Self
2014
Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano
Director, Writer
2013
Welcome Mr. President!
as Potere Forte
2011
Case Chiuse
2011
Noi c'eravamo
as Self
2010
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
as Self
2010
Lina Wertmüller
as herself
2009
Damn Poverty!
Director, Writer
2009
L'uomo dalla bocca storta
as Self
2009
Vittorio D.
as Self
2008
Come diventai Alida Valli
as Self
2007
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
as Self