Lina Wertmüller

Lina Wertmüller was born in Rome in 1928. Trained at a drama school in the city, she worked in the theatre, notably with a puppet company, then became Federico Fellini's assistant. She directed her first feature film in 1963 and became, for a film of 1975, the first woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. She received an Honorary Oscar in 2019 and died in December 2021, aged ninety-three.

In the catalogue 1

• CinemaSwept AwayTravolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agostoLina Wertmüller · 1974Cinema