Directing • AGE 93
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 ...


Noi ce la siamo cavata
Sé stessa
2023

Ennio
Self
2022

Opera Prima
Self
2021

Fellinopolis
Self - Filmmaker
2021

Searching for Mr. Rugoff
Self
2019

Roma Kaputt Mundi
Self
2018

Thus Spoke De Crescenzo
2017

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

Behind the White Glasses
Self
2015

Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
Herself
2015

Women Directors
Lina Wertmüller
2014

Tutte le storie di Piera
2014

Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
Self
2014

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

Welcome Mr. President!
Potere Forte
2013

Noi c'eravamo
Self
2011

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
2010

Lina Wertmüller
herself
2010

Damn Poverty!
Director
2009

Vittorio D.
Self
2009

Come diventai Alida Valli
Self
2008

Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Self
2007

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

Marcello, una vita dolce
Self
2006

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

The Last Sequence
Self
2003

Francesca and Nunziata
Director
2003

Swept Away
Original Film Writer
2002

The Magic of Fellini
Self (archive footage)
2002

Ferdinando and Carolina
Director
1999

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

The Nymph
Director
1996

A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
Self
1994

Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert
Self
1993

Ciao, Professore!
Director
1992

Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Director
1990

On a Moonlit Night
Director
1989

12 Directors for 12 Cities
Director
1989

To Save Nine
Director
1989

Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
Director
1986

Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
Director
1986

Sotto Sotto
Director
1984

A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit
Director
1983

È una domenica sera di novembre
Director
1981

Blood Feud
Director
1978

A Night Full of Rain
Director
1978

Which Way Is Up?
Original Film Writer
1977

Seven Beauties
Producer
1975

Swept Away
Director
1974

All Screwed Up
Writer
1974

Nessuno deve sapere
Story
1973

Love and Anarchy
Director
1973

Dear Parents
Screenplay
1973

Midi trente
Self
1972

Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Screenplay
1972

When Women Lost Their Tails
Story
1972

The Seduction of Mimi
Director
1972

Ciao, Federico!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1970

When Women Had Tails
Screenplay
1970

Violent City
Screenplay
1970

The Belle Starr Story
Writer
1968

Don't Sting the Mosquito
Director
1967

Rita the Mosquito
Writer
1966

Let's Talk About Men
Director
1965

Gian Burrasca's Diary
Dialogue
1964

The Basilisks
Screenplay
1963

Naples Sings
Script Supervisor
1953

Grazie Lina