Lina Wertmüller

Directing · 1928–2021 · 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.

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Known for

7.2

Ciao, Professore!

1992 · Director

7.4

Swept Away

1974 · Director

7.5

Seven Beauties

1975 · Director

7.1

The Seduction of Mimi

1972 · Director

7.7

Love and Anarchy

1973 · Director

7.6

The Basilisks

1963 · Director

7.4

Saturday, Sunday and Monday

1990 · Director

6.6

Blood Feud

1978 · Director

6.3

The Belle Starr Story

1968 · Director

5.7

Let's Talk About Men

1965 · Director

5.4

Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil

1986 · Director

6.4

Ferdinando and Carolina

1999 · Director

Directed31

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

2014 · Director

6.4

Damn Poverty!

2009 · Director

8.0

Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers

2006 · Director

7.6

Francesca and Nunziata

2003 · Director

6.4

Ferdinando and Carolina

1999 · Director

5.3

The Nymph

1996 · Director

5.1

The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics

1996 · Director

The Russian Soul

1993 · Director

7.2

Ciao, Professore!

1992 · Director

7.4

Saturday, Sunday and Monday

1990 · Director

6.7

On a Moonlit Night

1989 · Director

6.3

To Save Nine

1989 · Director

5.6

12 Directors for 12 Cities

1989 · Director

6.0

Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)

1986 · Director

5.4

Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil

1986 · Director

3.9

Sotto Sotto

1984 · Director

4.8

A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit

1983 · Director

8.0

È una domenica sera di novembre

1981 · Director

Acting

6.6

Noi ce la siamo cavata

2023 · Sé stessa

7.5

Thus Spoke De Crescenzo

2017

Tutte le storie di Piera

2014

Women Directors

2014 · Lina Wertmüller

6.2

Welcome Mr. President!

2013 · Potere Forte

Case Chiuse

2.5

Case Chiuse

2011

La dolce vita 20 anni dopo

1980

7.2

Ciao, Federico!

1970 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

In development

Grazie Lina