Lina Wertmüller

...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...

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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...

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...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...

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...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...

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...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...

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...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...

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...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,"...

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...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...

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...was a recording engineer and sound editor in film and television. After mixing one too many TV commercials and English dubs of Lina Wertmuller films he made a break to the software industry. After another 18 years as an IT entrepreneur/CEO,...

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...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...

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