Obituary: Lina Wertmüller, the first woman to be Oscar-nominated for Best Director
Lina Wertmüller
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At one point five of her films were on simultaneously in New York, but she retreated to Italy when commercial success eluded her
Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmueller, a cult figure in New York's art scene and the first woman nominated for the best directing Oscar, has died at 93.
On the life of the great director and what losing her means.
Italy’s provocative filmmaker Lina Wertmueller, whose potent mix of sex and politics in “Swept Away” and “Seven Beauties” made her the first woman nominated for an Academy Award for directing and a cult figure on the New York film scene, has died, the Culture Ministry said. She was 93. Wertmueller, who won a lifetime achievement…