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Lina Wertmüller

Screenwriter / Film Director / Lyricist | * 08/14/1926 († 95, 12/09/2021) | Rome (Italy)
Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller (14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021), known as Lina Wertmüller (Italian: [ˈliːna vertˈmyller]), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art house films Seven Beauties, The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, and Swept Away. Wertmüller was the first female director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. She won many awards, including an Academy Honorary Award and a David di Donatello Career Achievement Award, and was nominated for many others, including a Golden Globe Award, two Academy Awards, and two Palme d'Or awards. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Documentaries | Drama

Known for these Movies & Shows

After Annunziata (Angela Molina) opens up a hostel with her friend Antonio (Daniel Ezralow), she is saved from being raped by a Camorra boss as the gangster is suddenly killed. The killer escapes befo ...

Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)

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1985 | 3.0/5 | 1h 55min
Crime, Drama
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The uneventful lives of three young men who live in a small, poverty-stricken village in southern Italy. ...

The Basilisks

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1963 | 3.8/5 | 1h 25min
Drama, Comedy
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Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost, Pasqualino is a ...

Seven Beauties

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1975 | 3.8/5 | 1h 56min
Comedy, Drama, War
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A spoiled rich woman and a brutish Communist deckhand become stranded alone on a desert island after venturing away from their cruise. ...

Swept Away

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1974 | 3.8/5 | 1h 56min
Romance / Love, Drama, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Lina Wertmüller

Berliner Kunstpreis Crystal Award Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Honorary Award Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Movies with Lina Wertmüller as Actress(20)

as herself2022 Ennio
as Self - Filmmaker2021 Fellinopolis
as herself2019 Searching for Mr. Rugoff
2017 Thus Spoke De Crescenzo
as herself2015 Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
2015 Behind the White Glasses
as Potere Forte2013 Welcome Mr. President!
2011 Case Chiuse
as herself2011 Noi c'eravamo
as herself2010 L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
as herself2009 Vittorio D.
2009 L'uomo dalla bocca storta
as herself2007 Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
as herself2006 Marcello, una vita dolce
as herself2004 How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
as herself2003 The Last Sequence
as Self (archive footage)2002 The Magic of Fellini
as herself1994 A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
as herself1993 Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1970 Ciao, Federico!

TV Shows/Series with Lina Wertmüller as Actress(1)

as herself1972 Midi trente

Movies with Lina Wertmüller as Crew(73)

Directing/Director2014 Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano
Writing/Writer2014 Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano
Directing/Director2009 Mannaggia alla miseria!
Writing/Writer2009 Mannaggia alla miseria!
Directing/Director2004 Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
Writing/Writer2004 Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
Directing/Director2002 Francesca e Nunziata
Directing/Director1999 Ferdinando and Carolina
Writing/Writer1999 Ferdinando and Carolina
Directing/Director1998 The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics
Writing/Story1998 The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics
Writing/Screenplay1998 The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics
Directing/Director1996 The Nymph
Writing/Writer1996 The Nymph
Writing/Story1993 Wanted Bata-Batuta
Directing/Director1992 Ciao, Professore!
Writing/Story1992 Ciao, Professore!
Writing/Screenplay1992 Ciao, Professore!
Directing/Director1990 Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Writing/Writer1990 Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Directing/Director1989 12 Directors for 12 Cities
Directing/Director1989 To Save Nine
Writing/Screenplay1989 To Save Nine
Directing/Director1989 On a Moonlit Night
Writing/Screenplay1989 On a Moonlit Night
Writing/Story1989 On a Moonlit Night
Directing/Director1986 Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
Writing/Writer1986 Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
Directing/Director1985 Sotto Sotto
Writing/Writer1985 Sotto Sotto
Writing/Screenplay1985 Sotto Sotto
Directing/Director1985 Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
Writing/Writer1985 Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
Directing/Director1983 A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit
Writing/Writer1983 A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit
Directing/Director1981 È una domenica sera di novembre
Directing/Director1978 Blood Feud
Writing/Writer1978 Blood Feud
Directing/Director1978 A Night Full of Rain
Writing/Writer1978 A Night Full of Rain
Writing/Writer1977 Which Way Is Up?
Directing/Director1975 Seven Beauties
Production/Producer1975 Seven Beauties
Writing/Writer1975 Seven Beauties
Directing/Director1974 All Screwed Up
Writing/Writer1974 All Screwed Up
Directing/Director1974 Swept Away
Writing/Story1974 Swept Away
Writing/Screenplay1974 Swept Away
Directing/Director1973 Love and Anarchy
Writing/Story1973 Love and Anarchy
Writing/Screenplay1973 Love and Anarchy
Writing/Writer1973 Dear Parents
Writing/Screenplay1972 Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Directing/Director1972 The Seduction of Mimi
Writing/Screenplay1972 The Seduction of Mimi
Writing/Story1972 The Seduction of Mimi
Writing/Story1972 When Women Lost Their Tails
Writing/Screenplay1970 Violent City
Writing/Screenplay1970 When Women Had Tails
Writing/Story1970 When Women Had Tails
Directing/Director1968 The Belle Starr Story
Writing/Writer1968 The Belle Starr Story
Directing/Director1967 Don't Sting the Mosquito
Writing/Writer1967 Don't Sting the Mosquito
Directing/Director1966 Rita the Mosquito
Writing/Writer1966 Rita the Mosquito
Directing/Director1965 Let's Talk About Men
Writing/Screenplay1965 Let's Talk About Men
Writing/Story1965 Let's Talk About Men
Directing/Director1963 The Basilisks
Writing/Screenplay1963 The Basilisks
Writing/Story1963 The Basilisks

TV Shows/Series with Lina Wertmüller as Crew(2)

Directing/Director1964 Gian Burrasca's Diary
Writing/Dialogue1964 Gian Burrasca's Diary

Citizenship: Italy
Born: Saturday, 08/14 1926 (August) in Rome (Italy)
Died: Thursday, 12/09 2021 (December) in Rome (aged: 95)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: Italian (IT)
Educated at: Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico
Spouses (current/former): Enrico Job
Children: Zulima
Other names for Lina Wertmüller (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"George Brown"
"Nathan Wich"
"George H. Brown"
"Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Español von Braueich"
"리나 베르트뮬러"
"Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spañol von Braueich"
Lina Wertmüller frequently works together with these people:
Enrico Job (20x, Crew)
Pierluigi Leonardi (13x, Crew)
Giancarlo Giannini (12x, Actor)
Isa Danieli (10x, Actress)
Sophia Loren (9x, Actress)
Ennio Morricone (8x, Crew)
Giuseppe Tornatore (8x, Crew)
Federico Fellini (8x, Crew)
Mario Monicelli (8x, Crew)
Franco Fraticelli (8x, Crew)
Michele Trimarchi (7x, Crew)
Gérard Rinaldi (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:257031, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024