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Lina Wertmüller

Lina Wertmüller

Lina Wertmüller

1928-08-14

Rome, Italy

DIRECTING

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lina Wertmüller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Best known for:

Welcome Mr. President!

Ciao, Professore!

Ennio

Swept Away

Swept Away

Seven Beauties

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

The Seduction of Mimi

Love and Anarchy

The Basilisks

Which Way Is Up?

Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Blood Feud

When Women Had Tails

Let's Talk About Men

The Belle Starr Story

Thus Spoke De Crescenzo

How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio

Fellinopolis

The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics

A Night Full of Rain

All Screwed Up

Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)

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Filmography:

Naples Sings (1953)
WORK AS:
Script Supervisor
The Basilisks (1963)
6.3
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director, Story
Gian Burrasca's Diary (1964)
WORK AS:
Director, Dialogue
Let's Talk About Men (1965)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay, Story
Rita the Mosquito (1966)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Don't Sting the Mosquito (1967)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
The Belle Starr Story (1968)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Violent City
Violent City (1970)
4.6
WORK AS:
Screenplay

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Ciao, Federico! (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
When Women Had Tails (1970)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
5.7
WORK AS:
Screenplay
When Women Lost Their Tails (1972)
WORK AS:
Story
The Seduction of Mimi (1972)
5.9
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay
Love and Anarchy (1973)
6.5
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay
Dear Parents (1973)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Nessuno deve sapere (1973)
WORK AS:
Story

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Swept Away (1974)
6.3
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay
All Screwed Up (1974)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Seven Beauties (1975)
6.3
WORK AS:
Writer, Producer, Director
Which Way Is Up? (1977)
WORK AS:
Original Film Writer
Blood Feud (1978)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
A Night Full of Rain (1978)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
È una domenica sera di novembre (1981)
WORK AS:
Director
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit (1983)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay, Story
Sotto Sotto (1984)
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil (1986)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Music
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) (1986)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
On a Moonlit Night (1989)
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay
12 Directors for 12 Cities (1989)
WORK AS:
Director
To Save Nine (1989)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Saturday, Sunday and Monday (1990)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Ciao, Professore! (1992)
5.9
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics (1996)
WORK AS:
Story, Director, Screenplay
The Nymph (1996)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Ferdinando and Carolina (1999)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Swept Away (2002)
3.2
WORK AS:
Original Film Writer
Francesca and Nunziata (2003)
WORK AS:
Director
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers (2006)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Damn Poverty! (2009)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Welcome Mr. President! (2013)
4.8
APPEREAD AS:
Potere Forte
Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano (2014)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Women Directors (2014)
APPEREAD AS:
Lina Wertmüller
Noi ce la siamo cavata (2023)
APPEREAD AS:
Sé stessa