Lina Wertmüller

Directing·August 14, 1928·† December 9, 2021 — 93 years old·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

Welcome Mr. President!

Ciao, Professore!

Ennio

Swept Away

Swept Away

Seven Beauties

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972·7.0

The Seduction of Mimi

Love and Anarchy

Violent City

The Basilisks

Which Way Is Up?

Filmography · 72

—Grazie Lina 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 · Writer 2013Welcome Mr. President!Potere Forte 2011Case Chiuse 2011Noi c'eravamoSelf 2010L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo LombardoSelf 2010Lina Wertmüllerherself 2009Damn Poverty!Director · Writer 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 · Writer 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 · Writer 1996The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and PoliticsStory · Director · Screenplay 1996The NymphWriter · Director 1994A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino RotaSelf 1993The Russian SoulHerself · Director 1993Nino Rota: Between Cinema and ConcertSelf 1992Ciao, Professore!Director · Story · Screenplay 1990Saturday, Sunday and MondayDirector · Writer 1989On a Moonlit NightDirector · Story · Screenplay 198912 Directors for 12 CitiesDirector 1989To Save NineDirector · Screenplay 1986Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of BasilDirector · Writer · Music 1986Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)Director · Writer 1984Sotto SottoDirector · Story · Screenplay 1983A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street BanditDirector · Screenplay · Story 1981È una domenica sera di novembreDirector 1980La dolce vita 20 anni dopo 1978Blood FeudDirector · Writer 1978A Night Full of RainWriter · Director 1977Which Way Is Up?Original Film Writer 1975Seven BeautiesWriter · Producer · Director 1974Swept AwayDirector · Story · Screenplay 1974All Screwed UpWriter · Director 1973Nessuno deve sapereStory 1973Love and AnarchyDirector · Story · Screenplay 1973Dear ParentsScreenplay 1972Midi trenteTVSelf 1972Brother Sun, Sister MoonScreenplay 1972When Women Lost Their TailsStory 1972The Seduction of MimiDirector · Story · Screenplay 1970Ciao, Federico!Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1970When Women Had TailsScreenplay · Story 1970Violent CityScreenplay 1968The Belle Starr StoryDirector · Writer 1967Don't Sting the MosquitoDirector · Writer 1966Rita the MosquitoDirector · Writer 1965Let's Talk About MenDirector · Screenplay · Story 1964Gian Burrasca's DiaryTVDialogue · Director 1963The BasilisksScreenplay · Director · Story 1953Naples SingsScript Supervisor