Lina Wertmüller

Known for Directing

Lina Wertmüller's portrait

Details

Birthday: August 14, 1928

Deathday: December 09, 2021

Place of birth: Rome, Italy

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.

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