Lina Wertmueller Biography (1928-)

Born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmueller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich, August 14, 1928, in Rome, Italy; daughter of Federico (a lawyer) and Maria Santa Maria Wertmueller; married Enrico Job (a sculptor and set designer), 1968. Addresses: Office: Piazza Clotilde 5, 00196 Rome, Italy.

Nationality

Italian

Gender

Female

Occupation

Director, screenwriter

Birth Details

August 14, 1928

Rome, Italy

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Director, Except Where Indicated
• Assistant director, 8 1/2 (also known as Federico Fellini's8 1/2 and Otto e mezzo), Avco Embassy, 1963
• I Basilischi (also known as The Lizards and The Basilisks), Connoisseur, 1963
• Questa volta parliamo di uomini (also known as Let's Talk about Men, Now Let's Talk about Men, and This Time Let'sTalk about Men), Archimede, 1965
• (As George Brown; musical numbers only) Rita la zanzara (also known as Rita the Mosquito), Mondial, 1966
• Non stuzzicate la zanzara (also known as Don't Sting the Mosquito and Don't Tease the Mosquito), Mondial, 1967
• Mimi metallurgico ferito nell'onore (also known as The Seduction of Mimi, Mimi the Metalworker, and Wounded in Honor),Vera, 1972
• Film d'amore e d'anarchia (also known as Film of Love and Anarchy, Love and Anarchy, Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero stamattina alle 10 in via dei Fiori nella nota casa di tolleranza, Film of Love and Anarchy, This Morning at 10 in the Via dei Fiori at the Well-known House of Tolerance, and D'Amore e d'anarchia), Peppercorn-Wormser, 1973
• Tutto a posto e niente in ordine (also known as All Screwed Up, All in Place and Nothing in Order, and Everything's in Order but Nothing Works), New Line Cinema, 1974
• Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto(also known as Swept Away and Swept Away ... by an Unusual Destinyin the Blue Sea of August), Cinema V, 1975
• (And co-producer) Pasqualino settebellezze (also known as SevenBeauties and Pasqualino: Seven Beauties), Cinema V, 1976
• The End of the World in Our Usual Bed in a Night Full of Rain (also known as La Fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena dipioggia and A Night Full of Rain), Warner Brothers, 1978
• Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova si sospettano (also known as Blood Feud and Revenge), Associated Film Distribution, 1979
• E una domenica sera di novembre, 1981
• Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante distrada (also known as A Joke of Destiny and A Joke of Destiny,Lying in Wait around the Corner Like a Street Bandit), Samuel Goldwyn, 1983
• Sotto Sotto (also known as Softly, Softly), Columbia/Triumph, 1984
• Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti \[also known as Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women, and Crime), Camorra: The NaplesConnection, and A Complex Plot about Women, Alleys and Crimes\], Cannon, 1986
• Notte d'estate, con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico (also known as Summer Night, with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes andScent of Basil), Medusa, 1986
• In una notte di chiaro di luna (also known as As Long as It's Love, Clair, On a Moonlit Night, and Crystal or Ash,Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love), 1989
• Il Decimo clandestino (also known as The Tenth One in Hiding and To Save Nine), 1989
• Sabato, domenica e lunedi (also known as Saturday, Sunday and Monday), 1990
• Io speriamo che me la cavo (also known as Ciao, Professore!and Me Let's Hope I Make It), 1993
• Ninfa plebea (also known as The Nymph), 1996
• Metalmeccanico e parrucchiera in un turbine di sesso e di politica(also known as The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics and The Worker and the Hairdresser), Medusa, 1996
• Ferdinando e Carolina, Medusa, 1999
• An Interesting State, 1999
• Film Appearances
• Un Amico magico: il maestro Nino Rota, 1999
• Television Director
• Il Giornalino di Gian Burasca (series; also known as Gian Burrasca's Diary), 1965
• (As Nathan Wich) Il Mio corpo per un poker (movie; also known as The Belle Starr Story), 1967
• Stage Director
• L'Esibizionista, Teatro Nazionale, Rome, 1995
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Questa volta parliamo di uomini (also known as Let's Talk about Men, Now Let's Talk about Men, and This Time Let'sTalk about Men), Archimede, 1965
• Non stuzzicate la zanzara (also known as Don't Sting the Mosquito and Don't Tease the Mosquito), Mondial, 1967
• (With others) Les Chemins de Kathmandu, 1969
• (With Ottavio Jemma, Marcello Costa, and Pasquale Festa Campanile) Quando le donne avevano la coda (also known as When Women Had Tails),Film Ventures, 1970
• (With Sauro Scavolini, Gianfranco Calligarich, and Sergio Sollima) Citta violenta (also known as The Family and Violent City), International Co-Productions/EDP, 1970
• Cari genitori (also known as Dear Parents), 1972
• Mimi metallurgico ferito nell'onore (also known as The Seduction of Mimi, Mimi the Metalworker, and Wounded in Honor),Vera, 1972
• (With Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Kenneth Ross, and Franco Zeffirelli) Brother Sun, Sister Moon (also known as Fratello sole, sorella luna), Paramount, 1973
• Film d'amore e d'anarchia (also known as Film of Love and Anarchy, Love and Anarchy, Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero stamattina alle 10 in via dei Fiori nella nota casa di tolleranza, Film of Love and Anarchy, This Morning at 10 in the Via dei Fiori at the Well-known House of Tolerance, and D'Amore e d'anarchia), Peppercorn-Wormser, 1973
• Tutto a posto e niente in ordine (also known as All Screwed Up, All in Place and Nothing in Order, and Everything's in Order but Nothing Works), New Line Cinema, 1974
• Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto(also known as Swept Away and Swept Away ... by an Unusual Destinyin the Blue Sea of August), Cinema V, 1975
• Pasqualino settebellezze (also known as Seven Beauties andPasqualino: Seven Beauties), Cinema V, 1976
• Which Way Is Up? (adaptation of Mimi metallurgico feritonell'onore), 1977
• The End of the World in Our Usual Bed in a Night Full of Rain (also known as La Fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena dipioggia and A Night Full of Rain), Warner Brothers, 1978
• Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova si sospettano (also known as Blood Feud and Revenge), Associated Film Distribution, 1979
• Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante distrada (also known as A Joke of Destiny and A Joke of Destiny,Lying in Wait around the Corner Like a Street Bandit), Samuel Goldwyn, 1983
• Sotto Sotto (also known as Softly, Softly), Columbia/Triumph, 1984
• Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti \[also known as Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women, and Crime), Camorra: The NaplesConnection, and A Complex Plot about Women, Alleys and Crimes\], Cannon, 1986
• Notte d'estate, con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico (also known as Summer Night, with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes andScent of Basil), Medusa, 1986
• In una notte di chiaro di luna (also known as As Long as It's Love, Clair, On a Moonlit Night, and Crystal or Ash,Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love), 1989
• Io speriamo che me la cavo (also known as Ciao, Professore!and Me Let's Hope I Make It), 1993
• Ninfa plebea (also known as The Nymph), 1996
• Metalmeccanico e parrucchiera in un turbine di sesso e di politica(also known as The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics and The Worker and the Hairdresser), Medusa, 1996
• Ferdinando e Carolina, Medusa, 1999
• Plays
• Two and Two Are No Longer Four, 1968
• Love and Magic in Mama's Kitchen, Spoleto, Italy, then La MamaExperimental Theatre Club, New York City, 1980
• L'Esibizionista, Teatro Nazionale, Rome, 1995
• Television Movies
• (As Nathan Wich) Il Mio corpo per un poker (also known as The Belle Starr Story), 1967
• Film Scores
• (With Lello Greco) Notte d'estate, con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico (also known as Summer Night, with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil), Medusa, 1986

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• Savvy, January, 1985, p. 86.