Lina Wertmüller

Also known as Arcangela Felice Assunta Job Wertmüller von Elgg Espanñol von Brauchich, Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol Von Braueich, Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertm%04uller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich, Lina Wertmuller, Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller Von Elgg Spanol Braueich, Nathan Wich, Arcangela Felice Assunta Job Wertmüller von Egg Espa%09nol von Brauchich, Lina Job Wertmüller

Italian film writer and director (1928-2021)

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Lina Wertmüller was an Italian filmmaker who wrote and directed movies from the mid-20th century until her death in 2021. She is notable as a pioneering female director in Italian cinema during a period when very few women worked in that role.

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Directing · Rome, Italy

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

Noi ce la siamo cavata — Sé stessa2023
Ennio — Self2022
Opera Prima — Self2021
Fellinopolis — Self - Filmmaker2021
Searching for Mr. Rugoff — Self2019
Roma Kaputt Mundi — Self2018
Thus Spoke De Crescenzo2017
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life — Self2017
Behind the White Glasses — Self2015
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man — Herself2015

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Article

Arcangela Felice Assunta "Lina" Wertmüller ( Italian: [ˈliːna vertˈmyller] ; 14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art house films Seven Beauties, The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, and Swept Away.

Wertmüller was the first female director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. She won many awards, including an Academy Honorary Award, as well as a David di Donatello Career Achievement Award, and was nominated for many others, including a Golden Globe Award, two Academy Awards, and two Palme d'Or awards.