Lina Wertmüller

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Lina Wertmüller

Directing August 14, 1928

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…

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Welcome Mr. President!

Welcome Mr. President!

6.2 2013 Movie
Ennio

Ennio

8.3 2022 Movie
Ciao, Professore!

Ciao, Professore!

7.2 1992 Movie
Swept Away

Swept Away

7.4 1974 Movie
Swept Away

Swept Away

4.7 2002 Movie
Midi trente

Midi trente

6.0 1972 TV Show
Seven Beauties

Seven Beauties

7.5 1975 Movie
Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

7.0 1972 Movie
The Seduction of Mimi

The Seduction of Mimi

7.1 1972 Movie
Love and Anarchy

Love and Anarchy

7.7 1973 Movie
Violent City

Violent City

5.9 1970 Movie
The Basilisks

The Basilisks

7.6 1963 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    Noi ce la siamo cavata

    Movie Sé stessa

  2. 2022
    Ennio

    Movie Self

  3. 2021
    Opera Prima

    Movie Self

  4. 2021
    Fellinopolis

    Movie Self - Filmmaker

  5. 2019
    Searching for Mr. Rugoff

    Movie Self

  6. 2018
    Roma Kaputt Mundi

    Movie Self

  7. 2017
    Thus Spoke De Crescenzo

    Movie

  8. 2017
    Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

    Movie Self

  9. 2015
    Behind the White Glasses

    Movie Self

  10. 2015
    Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man

    Movie Herself

  11. 2014
    Women Directors

    Movie Lina Wertmüller

  12. 2014
    Tutte le storie di Piera

    Movie

  13. 2014
    Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth

    Movie Self

  14. 2014
    Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano

    Movie Director

  15. 2013
    Welcome Mr. President!

    Movie Potere Forte

  16. 2011
    Case Chiuse

    Movie

More credits
  1. 2011
    Noi c'eravamo

    Movie Self

  2. 2010
    L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

    Movie Self

  3. 2010
    Lina Wertmüller

    Movie herself

  4. 2009
    Damn Poverty!

    Movie Director

  5. 2009
    L'uomo dalla bocca storta

    Movie Self

  6. 2009
    Vittorio D.

    Movie Self

  7. 2008
    Come diventai Alida Valli

    Movie Self

  8. 2007
    Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

    Movie Self

  9. 2006
    Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers

    Movie Director

  10. 2006
    Marcello, una vita dolce

    Movie Self

  11. 2004
    How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio

    Movie Self

  12. 2003
    The Last Sequence

    Movie Self

  13. 2003
    Francesca and Nunziata

    Movie Director

  14. 2002
    Swept Away

    Movie Original Film Writer

  15. 2002
    The Magic of Fellini

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  16. 1999
    Ferdinando and Carolina

    Movie Director

  17. 1996
    The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics

    Movie Director

  18. 1996
    The Nymph

    Movie Director

  19. 1994
    A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota

    Movie Self

  20. 1993
    The Russian Soul

    Movie Herself

  21. 1993
    Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert

    Movie Self

  22. 1992
    Ciao, Professore!

    Movie Director

  23. 1990
    Saturday, Sunday and Monday

    Movie Director

  24. 1989
    On a Moonlit Night

    Movie Director