Lina Wertmüller

Known for: Directing
Born: August 14, 1928, Rome, Italy
Died: December 9, 2021
Movies: 65

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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Upcoming Lina Wertmüller Movies

Grazie Lina

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

6.2

Welcome Mr. President!

2013

7.2

Ciao, Professore!

1992

8.3

Ennio

2022

7.4

Swept Away

1974

7.4

Seven Beauties

1975

7.1

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972

7.1

The Seduction of Mimi

1972

7.7

Love and Anarchy

1973

6.0

Violent City

1970

7.6

The Basilisks

1963

Filmography

2023	Noi ce la siamo cavata	Sé stessa
2022	Ennio	Self
2021	Opera Prima	Self
2021	Fellinopolis	Self - Filmmaker
2019	Searching for Mr. Rugoff	Self
2018	Roma Kaputt Mundi	Self
2017	Thus Spoke De Crescenzo
2017	Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life	Self
2015	Behind the White Glasses	Self
2015	Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man	Herself
2014	Women Directors	Lina Wertmüller
2014	Tutte le storie di Piera
2014	Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth	Self
2013	Welcome Mr. President!	Potere Forte
2011	Case Chiuse
2011	Noi c'eravamo	Self
2010	L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo	Self
2010	Lina Wertmüller	herself
2009	L'uomo dalla bocca storta	Self
2009	Vittorio D.	Self
2008	Come diventai Alida Valli	Self
2007	Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow	Self
2006	Marcello, una vita dolce	Self
2004	How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio	Self
2003	The Last Sequence	Self
2002	The Magic of Fellini	Self (archive footage)
1994	A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota	Self
1993	The Russian Soul	Herself
1993	Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert	Self
1980	La dolce vita 20 anni dopo
1970	Ciao, Federico!	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

2014	Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano	Director, Writer
2009	Damn Poverty!	Director, Writer
2006	Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers	Director, Writer
2003	Francesca and Nunziata	Director
1999	Ferdinando and Carolina	Director, Writer
1996	The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics	Screenplay, Director
1996	The Nymph	Director, Writer
1993	The Russian Soul	Director
1992	Ciao, Professore!	Director, Screenplay
1990	Saturday, Sunday and Monday	Director, Writer
1989	On a Moonlit Night	Director, Screenplay
1989	12 Directors for 12 Cities	Director
1989	To Save Nine	Director, Screenplay
1986	Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil	Director, Writer
1986	Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)	Director, Writer
1984	Sotto Sotto	Director, Screenplay
1983	A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit	Director, Screenplay
1981	È una domenica sera di novembre	Director
1978	Blood Feud	Director, Writer
1978	A Night Full of Rain	Director, Writer
1975	Seven Beauties	Producer, Director, Writer
1974	Swept Away	Director, Screenplay
1974	All Screwed Up	Writer, Director
1973	Love and Anarchy	Director, Screenplay
1973	Dear Parents	Screenplay
1972	Brother Sun, Sister Moon	Screenplay
1972	The Seduction of Mimi	Director, Screenplay
1970	When Women Had Tails	Screenplay
1970	Violent City	Screenplay
1968	The Belle Starr Story	Writer, Director
1967	Don't Sting the Mosquito	Director, Writer
1966	Rita the Mosquito	Writer, Director
1965	Let's Talk About Men	Director, Screenplay
1963	The Basilisks	Screenplay, Director

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