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Birthday: August 14, 1928
The daughter of an aristocratic Swiss family, Lina Wertmuller harbored dreams of becoming a lawyer, but this notion fell by the wayside when she entered the Academy of Theatre in Rome in 1947. Thanks to a few valuable connections--one of her school chums was the wife of actor Marcello Mastroianni--Wertmuller found work as a performer/writer with Maria Signorelli's Puppet Troupe. She ...more
- 1976
- Directors Guild of America
- Best Director
- Seven Beauties
- nom
- 1976
- Academy
- Best Director
- Seven Beauties
- nom
- 1976
- Academy
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Seven Beauties
- nom
- 1976
- Academy
- Best Original Screenplay
- Seven Beauties
- nom
- 2004
- Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
- Director
- 2004
- Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
- Screenwriter
- 2002
- Swept Away
- Screenwriter
- 2001
- Francesca e Nunziata
- Director
- 2001
- Francesca e Nunziata
- Screenwriter
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