Lina Wertmüller

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.

Directed

1. Ciao, Professore! (1992) — Director
2. Swept Away (1974) — Director
3. Seven Beauties (1975) — Director
4. The Seduction of Mimi (1972) — Director
5. Love and Anarchy (1973) — Director
6. The Basilisks (1963) — Director
7. Saturday, Sunday and Monday (1990) — Director
8. Blood Feud (1978) — Director
9. The Belle Starr Story (1968) — Director
10. Let's Talk About Men (1965) — Director
11. Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil (1986) — Director
12. Ferdinando and Carolina (1999) — Director
13. The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics (1996) — Director
14. A Night Full of Rain (1978) — Director
15. All Screwed Up (1974) — Director
16. The Nymph (1996) — Director
17. Francesca and Nunziata (2003) — Director
18. Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) (1986) — Director
19. Rita the Mosquito (1966) — Director
20. A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit (1983) — Director
21. On a Moonlit Night (1989) — Director
22. 12 Directors for 12 Cities (1989) — Director
23. Sotto Sotto (1984) — Director
24. Damn Poverty! (2009) — Director
25. Don't Sting the Mosquito (1967) — Director
26. To Save Nine (1989) — Director
27. Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers (2006) — Director
28. Gian Burrasca's Diary (1964) — Director
29. È una domenica sera di novembre (1981) — Director
30. The Russian Soul (1993) — Director
31. Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano (2014) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Welcome Mr. President! (2013) — Potere Forte
2. Ennio (2022) — Self
3. Fellinopolis (2021) — Self - Filmmaker
4. Thus Spoke De Crescenzo (2017)
5. How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio (2004) — Self
6. Vittorio D. (2009) — Self
7. Ciao, Federico! (1970) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
8. Noi ce la siamo cavata (2023) — Sé stessa
9. The Magic of Fellini (2002) — Self (archive footage)
10. Behind the White Glasses (2015) — Self
11. Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life (2017) — Self
12. Searching for Mr. Rugoff (2019) — Self
13. Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert (1993) — Self
14. The Last Sequence (2003) — Self
15. L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010) — Self
16. A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota (1994) — Self
17. Case Chiuse (2011)
18. Marcello, una vita dolce (2006) — Self
19. Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (2007) — Self
20. Noi c'eravamo (2011) — Self
21. Midi trente (1972) — Self
22. Opera Prima (2021) — Self
23. Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth (2014) — Self
24. La dolce vita 20 anni dopo (1980)
25. Roma Kaputt Mundi (2018) — Self
26. Women Directors (2014) — Lina Wertmüller
27. L'uomo dalla bocca storta (2009) — Self
28. The Russian Soul (1993) — Herself
29. Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man (2015) — Herself
30. Grazie Lina
31. Come diventai Alida Valli (2008) — Self
32. Tutte le storie di Piera (2014)
33. Lina Wertmüller (2010) — herself