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

• 2023Noi ce la siamo cavata — Sé stessa
• 2017Thus Spoke De Crescenzo
• 2014Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano — Director, Writer
• 2014Tutte le storie di Piera
• 2014Women Directors — Lina Wertmüller
• 2013Welcome Mr. President! — Potere Forte
• 2011Case Chiuse
• 2009Damn Poverty! — Director, Writer
• 2006Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers — Director, Writer
• 2003Francesca and Nunziata — Director
• 2002Swept Away — Original Film Writer
• 1999Ferdinando and Carolina — Director, Writer
• 1996The Nymph — Director, Writer
• 1996The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics — Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1993The Russian Soul — Herself, Director
• 1992Ciao, Professore! — Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1990Saturday, Sunday and Monday — Director, Writer
• 198912 Directors for 12 Cities — Director
• 1989On a Moonlit Night — Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1989To Save Nine — Director, Screenplay
• 1986Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) — Director, Writer
• 1986Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil — Director, Writer, Music
• 1984Sotto Sotto — Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1983A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit — Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1981È una domenica sera di novembre — Director
• 1980La dolce vita 20 anni dopo
• 1978A Night Full of Rain — Director, Writer
• 1978Blood Feud — Director, Writer
• 1977Which Way Is Up? — Original Film Writer
• 1975Seven Beauties — Producer, Writer, Director
• 1974All Screwed Up — Director, Writer
• 1974Swept Away — Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1973Dear Parents — Screenplay
• 1973Love and Anarchy — Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1972Brother Sun, Sister Moon — Screenplay
• 1972The Seduction of Mimi — Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1972When Women Lost Their Tails — Story
• 1970Ciao, Federico! — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1970Violent City — Screenplay
• 1970When Women Had Tails — Screenplay, Story
• 1968The Belle Starr Story — Director, Writer
• 1967Don't Sting the Mosquito — Director, Writer
• 1966Rita the Mosquito — Director, Writer
• 1965Let's Talk About Men — Director, Screenplay, Story
• Gian Burrasca's Diary — Director, Dialogue
• 1963The Basilisks — Director, Screenplay, Story
• 1953Naples Sings — Script Supervisor
• Grazie Lina

Appearances as themselves (23)

• 2022Ennio — Self
• 2021Fellinopolis — Self - Filmmaker
• 2021Opera Prima — Self
• 2019Searching for Mr. Rugoff — Self
• 2018Roma Kaputt Mundi — Self
• 2017Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life — Self
• 2015Behind the White Glasses — Self
• 2015Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man — Herself
• 2014Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth — Self
• 2011Noi c'eravamo — Self
• 2010L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo — Self
• 2010Lina Wertmüller — herself
• 2009L'uomo dalla bocca storta — Self
• 2009Vittorio D. — Self
• 2008Come diventai Alida Valli — Self
• 2007Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow — Self
• 2006Marcello, una vita dolce — Self
• 2004How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio — Self
• 2003The Last Sequence — Self
• 2002The Magic of Fellini — Self (archive footage)
• 1994A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota — Self
• 1993Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert — Self
• Midi trente — Self