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Born1928-08-14
BirthplaceRome, Italy
Credits48 titles
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Lina Wertmüller

Actor · Director · Writer· 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

The roles that explain the career.

Full credits
Welcome Mr. President!
Welcome Mr. President!
Potere Forte · 2013

Filmography

48 credits across 5 departments.

YearTitleRoleType
2017Thus Spoke De CrescenzoFilm
2015Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling ManHerselfFilm
2015Behind the White GlassesSelfFilm
2013Welcome Mr. President!Potere ForteFilm
2009Vittorio D.SelfFilm
2006Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed PeppersDirectorFilm
2006Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed PeppersWriterFilm
2004How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and CiccioSelfFilm
2003Francesca and NunziataDirectorFilm
2002The Magic of FelliniSelf (archive footage)Film
1999Ferdinando and CarolinaDirectorFilm
1999Ferdinando and CarolinaWriterFilm
1996The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and PoliticsDirectorFilm
1996The NymphDirectorFilm
1996The NymphWriterFilm
1993Nino Rota: Between Cinema and ConcertSelfFilm
1992Ciao, Professore!DirectorFilm
1990Saturday, Sunday and MondayDirectorFilm
1990Saturday, Sunday and MondayWriterFilm
1989On a Moonlit NightDirectorFilm
198912 Directors for 12 CitiesDirectorFilm
1986Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of BasilDirectorFilm
1986Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)DirectorFilm
1986Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of BasilWriterFilm
1986Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)WriterFilm
1984Sotto SottoDirectorFilm
1983A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street BanditDirectorFilm
1981È una domenica sera di novembreDirectorFilm
1978Blood FeudDirectorFilm
1978A Night Full of RainDirectorFilm
1978Blood FeudWriterFilm
1978A Night Full of RainWriterFilm
1975Seven BeautiesDirectorFilm
1975Seven BeautiesWriterFilm
1975Seven BeautiesProducerFilm
1974All Screwed UpDirectorFilm
1974Swept AwayDirectorFilm
1974All Screwed UpWriterFilm
1973Love and AnarchyDirectorFilm
1972The Seduction of MimiDirectorFilm
1970Ciao, Federico!Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Film
1968The Belle Starr StoryDirectorFilm
1968The Belle Starr StoryWriterFilm
1966Rita the MosquitoDirectorFilm
1966Rita the MosquitoWriterFilm
1965Let's Talk About MenDirectorFilm
1964Gian Burrasca's DiaryDirectorTV
1963The BasilisksDirectorFilm

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