FILM DIRECTOR

Lina Wertmüller

1928 - 2021

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Arcangela Felice Assunta "Lina" Wertmüller (Italian: [ˈliːna vertˈmyller] ; 14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art house films Seven Beauties, The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, and Swept Away. Wertmüller was the first female director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lina Wertmüller has received more than 716,153 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Lina Wertmüller is the 209th most popular film director (down from 118th in 2019), the 1,330th most popular biography from Italy (down from 868th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Italian Film Director.

Lina Wertmüller is most famous for being a filmmaker in Italy. She has made many films, most of which are comedies.

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  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lina Wertmüller ranks 209 out of 2,041. Before her are Mike Newell, Amos Gitai, Douglas Sirk, Claude Lanzmann, Dariush Mehrjui, and Danny Boyle. After her are Joe D'Amato, Thea von Harbou, Alan J. Pakula, Mahesh Bhatt, Alfonso Cuarón, and Robert Wise.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Lina Wertmüller ranks 80. Before her are Bernard Buffet, Capucine, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, Pierre Mauroy, and Ion Mihai Pacepa. After her are Pat Hitchcock, Alan J. Pakula, James Garner, Tony Richardson, Patrick McGoohan, and Robert Sheckley. Among people deceased in 2021, Lina Wertmüller ranks 68. Before her are Richard Donner, Anne Rice, Jehan Sadat, Edita Gruberová, Ion Mihai Pacepa, and Hal Holbrook. After her are Jean-Luc Nancy, Pat Hitchcock, John McAfee, Kentaro Miura, Abdul Qadeer Khan, and Tamara Press.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lina Wertmüller ranks 1,330 out of 5,161. Before her are Rita Pavone (1945), Vittorino da Feltre (1378), Muzio Attendolo Sforza (1369), Giovanni Ceva (1647), Valentino Rossi (1979), and Charles III, Duke of Parma (1823). After her are Giovanni Verga (1840), Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (1315), Beppe Grillo (1948), Enrico Berlinguer (1922), Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), and Joe D'Amato (1936).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Lina Wertmüller ranks 20. Before her are Ettore Scola (1931), Sergio Corbucci (1926), Gillo Pontecorvo (1919), Francesco Rosi (1922), Dino Risi (1916), and Marco Bellocchio (1939). After her are Joe D'Amato (1936), Liliana Cavani (1933), Nanni Moretti (1953), Mario Monicelli (1915), Mario Bava (1914), and Marco Ferreri (1928).

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