Lina Wertmüller
Director
Shallow pool for Oscar's actress contendersThat would equal the total number of women nominated -- can this be? -- in the 73-year history of the award (Sofia Coppola, Lina Wertmuller and Campion, if you're playing Trivial Pursuit). And yet a look at a category designed for women... In this article: Oscar, An Education, Lone Scherfig, Helen Mirren, Jane Campion, Hilary Swank, Carey Mulligan, Trivial Pursuit, The Blind Side, and Typecasting |
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The Huffington Post | November 09, 2009
Diane Tucker: Women-Made Films Mostly Ignored By The National Film Registry. Why?
...know that a woman has never won the Oscar for best directing? Maybe more to the point, only three have ever been nominated: Lena Wertmuller for 1975's Seven Beauties, Jane Campion for 1993's The Piano, and Sofia Coppola for 2003's Lost in...
In this article: Oscar, Mary Ellen Bute, Penny Marshall, Melissa McEwan, Frances Marion, Hollywood, Fantasia, and Nora Ephron
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Wikipedia | October 17, 2009
Lina Wertmuller
Lina Wertmuller (born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmuller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich on 14 August 1928) is an Italian film writer and director of aristocratic Swiss descent. In 1976, she became the first woman ever to be nominated for an...
In this article: Academy Award, Giancarlo Giannini, Swept Away, Federico Fellini, Seven Beauties, Trademark, 8½, Jane Campion, and Sofia Coppola
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Wikipedia | October 14, 2009
Mariangela Melato
...and quickly went back to her native country, where she went on to act in a number of comedies and dramas. She also reunited with Lina Wertmuller for the film ''Summer Night, with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil (1986) but...
In this article: Mariangela Melato, Elio Petri, Giancarlo Giannini, The Miracle Worker, Luigi Comencini, Pupi Avati, Luchino Visconti, and Claude Chabrol
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L.A. Times - The Envelope - Ultimate Awards Site | October 09, 2009
Will 'An Education' earn more than one Oscar nod?
...awards in Europe for "Italian for Beginners" in 2000. Were she to land an Oscar nod, she would be only the fourth woman to do so after Lina Wertmuller ("Seven Beauties," 1976); Jane Campion ("The Piano," 1993); and Sofia Coppola ("Lost in...
In this article: An Education, Oscar, Carey Mulligan, Nick Hornby, RSS, Facebook, Alfred Molina, Golden Globe, Jane Campion, and Sofia Coppola
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Wikipedia | September 26, 2009
Swept Away (1974 film)
...full Italian title: Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto) is a 1974 Italian film written and directed by Lina Wertmuller. It is a study in romance and class warfare. The movie stars Giancarlo Giannini as...
In this article: Swept Away, Jump Cut, The Village Voice, James Berardinelli, Mariangela Melato, Giancarlo Giannini, and Roger Ebert
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San Francisco Chronicle | September 13, 2009
Film director Jane Campion blazes her own trail
...point. Campion is one of only three women to be nominated for a best director Oscar. None has won. Her nod for 1993's "The Piano" comes between Lina Wertmueller's nomination for "Seven Beauties" (1976) and Sofia Coppola's for 2003's "Lost in...
In this article: Jane Campion, John Keats, Alice Munro, Abbie Cornish, Academy Awards, Bright Star, In the Cut, The Piano, and Iraq War
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | September 12, 2009
More women behind the camera at Toronto film festival
...when Sofia Coppola screened "Lost in Translation" here. Coppola is one of only three women to be nominated for a directing Oscar. Lina Wertmuller and Jane Campion also earned the distinction, for "Seven Beauties" and "The Piano,"...
In this article: Toronto, Oscar, Niki Caro, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola, Hollywood, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Bright Star, and An Education
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Jezebel - Gawker's friendlier side | September 11, 2009
Female Filmmakers In The Spotlight? Blame Canada! [Film Schooled]
...nomination. As the Times' Michael Cieply notes: "She is one of only three women ever to earn that distinction, the others being Lina Wertmuller for Seven Beauties and Jane Campion for The Piano." Will any films directed by women end up with...
In this article: Oscar, Toronto Film Festival, Jane Campion, The Piano, Bright Star, An Education, Whip It, Chanel, Lone Scherfig, and Jennifer's Body
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IT Conversations | August 24, 2009
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Wikipedia | August 22, 2009
Lola Pagnani
...working ceaselessly with big names of Italian and international cinema and theatre, such as Ettore Scola, Giulio Base, Lina Wertmuller; she also played for Spike Lee and John Turturro and Abel Ferrara. In Italy she was a testimonial of...
In this article: Lola Pagnani, New York City, Vittorio Gassman, Shelley Winters, Los Angeles, Italy, Enrico Montesano, Giuseppe Sinopoli, and Cirque du Soleil
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Lina Wertmüller (born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich on 14 August 1928) is an Italian film director of aristocratic Swiss descent. In 1976, she became the first woman ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing with Seven Beauties.
- Name At Birth:
- Arcangela Felice Assunta Job Wertmüller von Elgg Espanol von Brauchich
- Birth Date:
- August 14, 1926
- Spouse:
- Enrico Job
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