FILM DIRECTOR

Lina Wertmüller

1928 - 2021

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Arcangela Felice Assunta "Lina" Wertmüller (Italian: [ˈliːna vertˈmyller] ; 14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021) 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, as well as 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2024). Lina Wertmüller is the 204th most popular film director (up from 209th in 2024), the 1,303rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,330th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Film Director.

Lina Wertmüller is most famous for being a filmmaker in Italy. She has made many films, most of which are comedies.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lina Wertmüller ranks 204 out of 2,041. Before her are William Friedkin, Lev Kuleshov, Blake Edwards, Stephen Frears, Ivan Reitman, and Barry Levinson. After her are Roy Andersson, Francesco Rosi, Tony Richardson, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Garry Marshall, and Chris Columbus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Lina Wertmüller ranks 76. Before her are Giampiero Boniperti, Zhu Rongji, Carl Woese, Tommaso Buscetta, Hans Modrow, and Gustav Leonhardt. After her are Capucine, Musa al-Sadr, Gaston Thorn, Tony Richardson, Seki Matsunaga, and Gustavo Gutiérrez. Among people deceased in 2021, Lina Wertmüller ranks 77. Before her are Edward de Bono, Edita Gruberová, Milva, Rodney Alcala, Kenneth Kaunda, and Hal Holbrook. After her are Abimael Guzmán, Anne Rice, Larry King, Noah Gordon, Lee Evans, and Walter Mondale.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lina Wertmüller ranks 1,303 out of 5,161. Before her are Publius Licinius Crassus (-86), Quintus Servilius Caepio (-200), Enzo Bearzot (1927), Charles III, Duke of Parma (1823), Baldassare Longhena (1596), and Vladimir Bartol (1903). After her are Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal (1589), Battista Farina (1893), Alfredo Ottaviani (1890), Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (1822), Pietro Della Valle (1586), and Frederick the Simple (1342).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Lina Wertmüller ranks 17. Before her are Franco Zeffirelli (1923), Dario Argento (1940), Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Ettore Scola (1931), Sergio Corbucci (1926), and Dino Risi (1916). After her are Francesco Rosi (1922), Liliana Cavani (1933), Marco Ferreri (1928), Ruggero Deodato (1939), Joe D'Amato (1936), and Paolo Sorrentino (1970).

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