Post by teleadm on Aug 14, 2018 11:52:40 GMT
Happy 90th Birthday Lina Wertmüller!!! 
Born on August 14, 1928 in Rome, Italy
Thanks for everything, so far...
Italian director and writer who became the first woman to be nominated for Best Director Oscar 1977 for Pasqualino Settebellezze aka Seven Beauties 1975.
After graduating from school, her first job was touring Europe in a puppet show. For the next ten years she worked as an actress, director and playwright in legitimate theatre. Through her acquaintance with Marcello Mastroianni, she met Federico Fellini and, in 1962, Fellini offered her the assistant director position on 8½. The following year, Wertmüller made her directorial debut with The Lizards aka I Basilischi. Several moderately successful films followed The Lizards, but not until the 1970s did Wertmüller achieve lasting international acclaim with a series of four movies starring Giancarlo Giannini.
Some samples from her career as a director:
I Basilischi aka The Lizzards 1963
aka Let's Talk About Men 1965
aka Rita the Mosquito 1966, Rita Pavone was a huge singing star in Italy in the 1960s.
Il mio corpo per un poker aka The Belle Starr Story 1968, with Elsa Martinelli as Belle. Wertmüller directed under the alias of Nathan Wich.
Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore aka The Seduction of Mimi 1972, remade as Which Way Is Up? 1977 with Richard Pryor.
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero: stamattina alle 10, in via dei Fiori, nella nota casa di tolleranza aka Love and Anarchy 1973.
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto aka Swept Away 1974, remade in 2002 with Madonna.
Pasqualino Settebellezze aka Seven Beauties 1975
Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova, si sospettano moventi politici aka Blood Feud 1978 with Giancarlo Giannini, Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.
Sotto.. sotto.. strapazzato da anomala passione aka Softly Softly 1984.
Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti aka Camorra 1986, with Harvey Keitel.
Sabato, domenica e lunedì aka Saturday, Sunday and Monday
1990 with Sophia Loren, made for television.
Ciao, Professore! 1992
Ferdinando e Carolina aka Ferdinando and Carolina 1999, comedy about Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Maria Carolina of Austria.
Peperoni ripieni e pesci in faccia aka Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers 2004, with Sophia Loren.
Mannaggia alla miseria! 2009, made for television.
Lina Wertmuller has directed 32 movies, including television and documentary movies.
Born on August 14, 1928 in Rome, Italy
Thanks for everything, so far...
Italian director and writer who became the first woman to be nominated for Best Director Oscar 1977 for Pasqualino Settebellezze aka Seven Beauties 1975.
After graduating from school, her first job was touring Europe in a puppet show. For the next ten years she worked as an actress, director and playwright in legitimate theatre. Through her acquaintance with Marcello Mastroianni, she met Federico Fellini and, in 1962, Fellini offered her the assistant director position on 8½. The following year, Wertmüller made her directorial debut with The Lizards aka I Basilischi. Several moderately successful films followed The Lizards, but not until the 1970s did Wertmüller achieve lasting international acclaim with a series of four movies starring Giancarlo Giannini.
Some samples from her career as a director:
I Basilischi aka The Lizzards 1963
aka Let's Talk About Men 1965
aka Rita the Mosquito 1966, Rita Pavone was a huge singing star in Italy in the 1960s.
Il mio corpo per un poker aka The Belle Starr Story 1968, with Elsa Martinelli as Belle. Wertmüller directed under the alias of Nathan Wich.
Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore aka The Seduction of Mimi 1972, remade as Which Way Is Up? 1977 with Richard Pryor.
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero: stamattina alle 10, in via dei Fiori, nella nota casa di tolleranza aka Love and Anarchy 1973.
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto aka Swept Away 1974, remade in 2002 with Madonna.
Pasqualino Settebellezze aka Seven Beauties 1975
Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova, si sospettano moventi politici aka Blood Feud 1978 with Giancarlo Giannini, Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.
Sotto.. sotto.. strapazzato da anomala passione aka Softly Softly 1984.
Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti aka Camorra 1986, with Harvey Keitel.
Sabato, domenica e lunedì aka Saturday, Sunday and Monday
1990 with Sophia Loren, made for television.
Ciao, Professore! 1992
Ferdinando e Carolina aka Ferdinando and Carolina 1999, comedy about Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Maria Carolina of Austria.
Peperoni ripieni e pesci in faccia aka Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers 2004, with Sophia Loren.
Mannaggia alla miseria! 2009, made for television.
Lina Wertmuller has directed 32 movies, including television and documentary movies.
