Celebrity Biographies
Lina Wertmuller
Martin Scorsese defined her work as “a carnival”, Henry Miller wrote that it was “preferable to any director” and Jodie Foster assures that when she was young she discovered thanks to her films that a woman could also be a filmmaker. He directed numerous titles, such as “Pasqualino seven beauties”, which received three Oscar nominations, and had received the honorary Academy statuette in 2019. Italian director Lina Wertmüller passed away on December 9, 2021, at the age of 93, according to local media reports.
Born in Rome on August 14, 1928, Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanish von Braueich – full name of Lina Wertmüller – began her career as a theater actress, without much success. “A great friend, the actress Flora Carabella, introduced me to the world of the scene, and later suggested that I should become a director again. After receiving directing classes at the Pietro Sharoff Theater Academy, in 1962 she held the position of assistant director. direction in the legendary film Eight and a half , by Federico Fellini.The following year she debuted as a director with Il Basilischi , where she portrays the inhabitants of the south of her country.She combines this work with her work as a screenwriter for titles such as Brother Sun, Sister Moon .
Giancarlo Giannini would star at his orders in titles such as Mimi Metallurgical, wounded in his honor , Film of love and anarchy , Unusual summer adventure , and Pasqualino seven beauties , nominated three times for an Oscar, including for best direction, for which Lina Wertmüller made history, by becoming the first woman to achieve that feat. These four films were the highest grossing of the filmmaker’s career, which despite everything continued to have international repercussions, with titles such as My Dear Professor , Fernando and Carolina , or Too Much Love .
Lina Wertmüller was married to Enrico Job, an artistic designer who has worked on several of her films, until his death in 2008. “I miss him terribly. He was a special person, a great artist, man and friend. With him, a piece of my heart left me,” he said in an interview. She never felt discriminated against for being a woman. “The producers did not say anything. I did, that’s it. It bothers me that they ask me about it. Besides, women have always ruled,” she declared.
He always resorted to flashy titles. He holds the Guinness record for the film with the longest name with Un fatto di sangue nel comune di Sculiana fra due uomini per causa di una vedova — si sospettano moventi politici. Amore–Morte–Shimmy. Lugano belle. Tarantelle. Tarallucci e vino , from 1978. She was active until 2014, when she shot the short documentary Roma, Napoli, Venezia… in a Rossinian crescendo .