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Directing

Lina Wertmüller

Born
Aug 14, 1928 · Aged 93
Died
Dec 9, 2021
Place of birth
Rome, Italy
Gender
Female
Movie credits
32
TV credits
1
Directing credits
31
Also known as (3)
  • George Brown
  • Nathan Wich
  • George H. Brown

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lina Wertmüller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.