Person
Lina Wertmüller
Directing · 1928–2021 · Rome, Italy
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lina Wertmüller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Midi trente
Self
Gian Burrasca's Diary
Dialogue
Ennio
Self
Sotto Sotto
Director
Swept Away
Original Film Writer
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Screenplay
Thus Spoke De Crescenzo
2017
Swept Away
Director
Love and Anarchy
Director
When Women Had Tails
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2023Noi ce la siamo cavataSé stessa
- 2022EnnioSelf
- 2021Opera PrimaSelf
- 2021FellinopolisSelf - Filmmaker
- 2019Searching for Mr. RugoffSelf
- 2018Roma Kaputt MundiSelf
- 2017Thus Spoke De Crescenzo
- 2017Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of LifeSelf
- 2015Behind the White GlassesSelf
- 2015Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling ManHerself
- 2014Women DirectorsLina Wertmüller
- 2014Tutte le storie di Piera
- 2014Cinema Italiano: Moments of TruthSelf
- 2014Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossinianoDirector
- 2013Welcome Mr. President!Potere Forte
- 2011Case Chiuse
- 2011Noi c'eravamoSelf
- 2010L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo LombardoSelf
- 2010Lina Wertmüllerherself
- 2009Damn Poverty!Director
- 2009L'uomo dalla bocca stortaSelf
- 2009Vittorio D.Self
- 2008Come diventai Alida ValliSelf
- 2007Sophia: Yesterday, Today, TomorrowSelf
- 2006Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed PeppersDirector
- 2006Marcello, una vita dolceSelf
- 2004How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and CiccioSelf
- 2003The Last SequenceSelf
- 2003Francesca and NunziataDirector
- 2002Swept AwayOriginal Film Writer
- 2002The Magic of FelliniSelf (archive footage)
- 1999Ferdinando and CarolinaDirector
- 1996The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and PoliticsDirector
- 1996The NymphDirector
- 1994A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino RotaSelf
- 1993The Russian SoulHerself
- 1993Nino Rota: Between Cinema and ConcertSelf
- 1992Ciao, Professore!Director
- 1990Saturday, Sunday and MondayDirector
- 1989On a Moonlit NightDirector
- 198912 Directors for 12 CitiesDirector
- 1989To Save NineDirector
- 1986Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of BasilDirector
- 1986Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)Director
- 1984Sotto SottoDirector
- 1983A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street BanditDirector
- 1981È una domenica sera di novembreDirector
- 1980La dolce vita 20 anni dopo
- 1978Blood FeudDirector
- 1978A Night Full of RainDirector
- 1977Which Way Is Up?Original Film Writer
- 1975Seven BeautiesProducer
- 1974Swept AwayDirector
- 1974All Screwed UpDirector
- 1973Nessuno deve sapereStory
- 1973Love and AnarchyDirector
- 1973Dear ParentsScreenplay
- 1972Midi trenteSelf
- 1972Brother Sun, Sister MoonScreenplay
- 1972When Women Lost Their TailsStory
- 1972The Seduction of MimiDirector
- 1970Ciao, Federico!Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1970When Women Had TailsScreenplay
- 1970Violent CityScreenplay
- 1968The Belle Starr StoryDirector
- 1967Don't Sting the MosquitoDirector
- 1966Rita the MosquitoDirector
- 1965Let's Talk About MenDirector
- 1964Gian Burrasca's DiaryDialogue
- 1963The BasilisksDirector
- 1953Naples SingsScript Supervisor
- —Grazie Lina
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