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
Seven Beauties
(1975)
Director
Swept Away
(1974)
Director
Love and Anarchy
(1973)
Director
The Seduction of Mimi
(1972)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Naples Sings
(1953)
Script Supervisor
The Basilisks
(1963)
Director
Let's Talk About Men
(1965)
Director
Rita the Mosquito
(1966)
Director
Don't Sting the Mosquito
(1967)
Director
The Belle Starr Story
(1968)
Director
The Seduction of Mimi
(1972)
Director
Love and Anarchy
(1973)
Director
Swept Away
(1974)
Director
All Screwed Up
(1974)
Director
Seven Beauties
(1975)
Director
Blood Feud
(1978)
Director
A Night Full of Rain
(1978)
Director
È una domenica sera di novembre
(1981)
Director
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit
(1983)
Director
Sotto Sotto
(1984)
Director
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
(1986)
Director
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
(1986)
Director
On a Moonlit Night
(1989)
Director
12 Directors for 12 Cities
(1989)
Director
To Save Nine
(1989)
Director
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
(1990)
Director
Ciao, Professore!
(1992)
Director
The Russian Soul
(1993)
Director
The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics
(1996)
Director
The Nymph
(1996)
Director
Ferdinando and Carolina
(1999)
Director
Francesca e Nunziata
(2002)
Director
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
(2004)
Director
Mannaggia alla miseria!
(2009)
Director
Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano
(2014)
Director
Acting
Ciao, Federico!
(1970)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
La dolce vita 20 anni dopo
(1980)
Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert
(1993)
Self
The Russian Soul
(1993)
Herself
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
(1994)
Self
The Magic of Fellini
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
The Last Sequence
(2003)
Self
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
(2004)
Self
Marcello, una vita dolce
(2006)
Self
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
(2007)
Self
L'uomo dalla bocca storta
(2009)
Self
Vittorio D.
(2009)
Self
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
(2010)
Self
Case Chiuse
(2011)
Noi c'eravamo
(2011)
Self
Welcome Mr. President!
(2013)
Potere Forte
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
(2014)
Self
Women Directors
(2014)
Lina Wertmüller
Behind the White Glasses
(2015)
Self
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
(2015)
Herself
Thus Spoke De Crescenzo
(2017)
Roma Kaputt Mundi
(2018)
Self
Searching for Mr. Rugoff
(2019)
Self
Opera Prima
(2021)
Self
Fellinopolis
(2021)
Self - Filmmaker
Ennio
(2022)
Self
Noi ce la siamo cavata
(2023)
Sé stessa
Writing
The Basilisks
(1963)
Screenplay and Story
Let's Talk About Men
(1965)
Screenplay and Story
Rita the Mosquito
(1966)
Writer
Don't Sting the Mosquito
(1967)
Writer
The Belle Starr Story
(1968)
Writer
Violent City
(1970)
Screenplay
When Women Had Tails
(1970)
Screenplay and Story
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
(1972)
Screenplay
The Seduction of Mimi
(1972)
Screenplay and Story
When Women Lost Their Tails
(1972)
Story
Nessuno deve sapere
(1973)
Story
Love and Anarchy
(1973)
Story and Screenplay
Dear Parents
(1973)
Screenplay
All Screwed Up
(1974)
Writer
Swept Away
(1974)
Story and Screenplay
Seven Beauties
(1975)
Writer
Which Way Is Up?
(1977)
Writer
Blood Feud
(1978)
Writer
A Night Full of Rain
(1978)
Writer
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit
(1983)
Story and Screenplay
Sotto Sotto
(1984)
Screenplay and Story
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
(1986)
Writer
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
(1986)
Writer
To Save Nine
(1989)
Screenplay
On a Moonlit Night
(1989)
Screenplay and Story
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
(1990)
Writer
Ciao, Professore!
(1992)
Story and Screenplay
The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics
(1996)
Story and Screenplay
The Nymph
(1996)
Writer
Ferdinando and Carolina
(1999)
Writer
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
(2004)
Writer
Mannaggia alla miseria!
(2009)
Writer
Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano
(2014)
Writer
Production