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!poster

Welcome Mr. President!

Potere Forte · 2013

Filmography

45 credits across 4 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
2015	Behind the White Glasses	Self	Film
2013	Welcome Mr. President!	Potere Forte	Film
2006	Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers	Director	Film
2006	Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers	Writer	Film
2004	How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio	Self	Film
2003	Francesca and Nunziata	Director	Film
2002	The Magic of Fellini	Self (archive footage)	Film
1999	Ferdinando and Carolina	Director	Film
1999	Ferdinando and Carolina	Writer	Film
1996	The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics	Director	Film
1996	The Nymph	Director	Film
1996	The Nymph	Writer	Film
1993	Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert	Self	Film
1992	Ciao, Professore!	Director	Film
1990	Saturday, Sunday and Monday	Director	Film
1990	Saturday, Sunday and Monday	Writer	Film
1989	On a Moonlit Night	Director	Film
1989	12 Directors for 12 Cities	Director	Film
1986	Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil	Director	Film
1986	Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)	Director	Film
1986	Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil	Writer	Film
1986	Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)	Writer	Film
1984	Sotto Sotto	Director	Film
1983	A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit	Director	Film
1981	È una domenica sera di novembre	Director	Film
1978	Blood Feud	Director	Film
1978	A Night Full of Rain	Director	Film
1978	Blood Feud	Writer	Film
1978	A Night Full of Rain	Writer	Film
1975	Seven Beauties	Director	Film
1975	Seven Beauties	Writer	Film
1975	Seven Beauties	Producer	Film
1974	Swept Away	Director	Film
1974	All Screwed Up	Director	Film
1974	All Screwed Up	Writer	Film
1973	Love and Anarchy	Director	Film
1972	The Seduction of Mimi	Director	Film
1970	Ciao, Federico!	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	Film
1968	The Belle Starr Story	Director	Film
1968	The Belle Starr Story	Writer	Film
1966	Rita the Mosquito	Director	Film
1966	Rita the Mosquito	Writer	Film
1965	Let's Talk About Men	Director	Film
1964	Gian Burrasca's Diary	Director	TV
1963	The Basilisks	Director	Film

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