Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes
Lina Wertmüller

Lina Wertmüller

Highest Rated: 86% The Seduction of Mimi (1972)

Lowest Rated: 42% Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1973)

Birthday: Aug 14, 1928

Birthplace: Rome, Italy

This European director's grotesque/comic treatments of weighty political, social and sexual themes earned her a sizeable cult following in the mid-1970s. In 2020, Lina Wertmuller received an Honorary Oscar at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards. Lina Wertmuller died at the age of 93 in her native Rome on December 9, 2021.

View All Lina Wertmüller photos

Lina Wertmüller

Lina Wertmüller Lina Wertmüller ITALIAN DIRECTOR LINA WERTMULLER (ARCANGELA FELICE ASSUNTA WERTMULLER VON ELGG SPANOL VON BRAUEICH) POSING FOR A PHOTOSHOOTING. ITALY, 7TH NOVEMBER 1963 (RA06428) SEVEN BEAUTIES, (AKA PASQUALINO SETTEBELLEZZE), DIRECTOR LINA WERTMULLER (RIGHT), ON SET, (SEEN IN THE 2015 DOCUMENTARY BEHIND THE WHITE GLASSES), 1975 A NIGHT FULL OF RAIN, (aka THE END OF THE WORLD IN OUR USUAL BED IN A NIGHT FULL OF RAIN), Lina Wertmuller, Giancarlo Giannini, 1978 SEVEN BEAUTIES, (aka PASQUALINO SETTEBELLEZZE), director Lina Wertmuller on set, 1975 SWEPT AWAY, (AKA SWEPT AWAY . . . BY AN UNUSUAL DESTINY IN THE BLUE SEA OF AUGUST, AKA TRAVOLTI DA UN INSOLITO DESTINO NELL'AZZURRO MARE D'AGOSTO), FROM LEFT: GIANCARLO GIANNINI, DIRECTOR LINA WERTMULLER, MARIANGELA MELATO, ON SET, (SEEN IN THE 2015 DOCUMENTARY BEHIND THE WHITE GLASSES), 1974 UP TO DATE, (AKA IN UNA NOTTE DI CHIARO DI LUNA), FROM LEFT: RUTGER HAUER, DIRECTOR LINA WERTMULLER, ON SET, (SEEN IN THE 2015 DOCUMENTARY BEHIND THE WHITE GLASSES), 1989. © CARO-LINE DISTRIBUTION THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI, (AKA MIMI METALLURGICO FERITO NELL'ONORE), (SEEN IN THE 2015 DOCUMENTARY BEHIND THE WHITE GLASSES), FROM LEFT: GIANCARLO GIANNINI, DIRECTOR LINA WERTMULLER, MARIANGELA MELATO, ON SET, 1972 CIAO, PROFESSORE! (aka IO SPERIAMO CHE ME LA CAVO), Paolo Villaggio, (center), director Lina Wertmuller, (right), 1992, ©Miramax View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Glance of Music Self $79.1K 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fellinopolis Self - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannaggia alla miseria Director - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sophia: Ieri, oggi, domani Self - 2007
No Score Yet 78% Francesca and Nunziata Director,
Writer 		- 2001
No Score Yet 0% Ferdinand and Carolina Director,
Writer 		- 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics Director,
Writer 		- 1996
57% 76% Ciao, Professore! Director,
Writer 		$63.0K 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Saturday, Sunday and Monday Director - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet To Save Nine Director - 1989
No Score Yet 33% On a Moonlit Night Director,
Writer 		- 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Summer Night, With Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil Director $195.7K 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Camorra Director,
Writer 		- 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sotto, Sotto Director - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Softly, Softly Director - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Joke of Destiny Director - 1984
No Score Yet 43% Blood Feud Director,
Writer 		- 1979
No Score Yet 33% A Night Full of Rain Director,
Writer 		- 1978
No Score Yet 60% All Screwed Up Director - 1976
67% 88% Seven Beauties Director $12.0K 1976
59% 79% Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August Director,
Writer 		$7.9K 1974
No Score Yet 89% Love and Anarchy Director,
Writer 		- 1973
42% 78% Brother Sun, Sister Moon Screenwriter - 1973
86% 76% The Seduction of Mimi Director,
Writer 		- 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Belle Starr Story Director,
Writer 		- 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Non stuzzicate la zanzara Director,
Writer 		- 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rita the Mosquito Director,
Writer 		- 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Let's Talk About Men Director - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Questa volta parliamo di uomini Writer,
Director 		- 1965
No Score Yet 67% The Basilisks Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1963