
Lina Wertmüller
- Directing
- August 14, 1928 · Rome, Italy
- December 9, 2021
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
Filmography
- Noi ce la siamo cavata · Sé stessa
- Ennio · Self
- Opera Prima · Self
- Fellinopolis · Self
- Searching for Mr. Rugoff · Self
- Roma Kaputt Mundi · Self
- Thus Spoke De Crescenzo
- Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life · Self
- Behind the White Glasses · Self
- Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man · Self
- Women Directors · Lina Wertmüller
- Tutte le storie di Piera
- Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth · Self
- Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano · Director, Writer
- Welcome Mr. President! · Potere Forte
- Case Chiuse
- Noi c'eravamo · Self
- L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo · Self
- Lina Wertmüller · Self
- Damn Poverty! · Director, Writer
- L'uomo dalla bocca storta · Self
- Vittorio D. · Self
- Come diventai Alida Valli · Self
- Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow · Self
- Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers · Director, Writer
- Marcello, una vita dolce · Self
- How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio · Self
- The Last Sequence · Self
- Francesca and Nunziata · Director
- Swept Away · Original Film Writer
- The Magic of Fellini · Self
- Ferdinando and Carolina · Director, Writer
- The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics · Story, Director
- The Nymph · Writer, Director
- A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota · Self
- The Russian Soul · Self, Director
- Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert · Self
- Ciao, Professore! · Director, Story
- Saturday, Sunday and Monday · Director, Writer
- On a Moonlit Night · Director, Story
- 12 Directors for 12 Cities · Director
- To Save Nine · Director, Screenplay
- Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil · Director, Writer
- Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) · Director, Writer
- Sotto Sotto · Director, Story
- A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit · Director, Screenplay
- È una domenica sera di novembre · Director
- La dolce vita 20 anni dopo
- Blood Feud · Director, Writer
- A Night Full of Rain · Writer, Director
- Which Way Is Up? · Original Film Writer
- Seven Beauties · Writer, Producer
- Swept Away · Director, Story
- All Screwed Up · Writer, Director
- Love and Anarchy · Director, Story
- Dear Parents · Screenplay
- Midi trente · Self
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon · Screenplay
- When Women Lost Their Tails · Story
- The Seduction of Mimi · Director, Story
- Ciao, Federico! · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- When Women Had Tails · Screenplay, Story
- Violent City · Screenplay
- The Belle Starr Story · Director, Writer
- Don't Sting the Mosquito · Director, Writer
- Rita the Mosquito · Director, Writer
- Let's Talk About Men · Director, Screenplay
- Gian Burrasca's Diary · Director, Dialogue
- The Basilisks · Screenplay, Director
- Naples Sings · Script Supervisor
- Grazie Lina











