Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller , known as Lina Wertmüller, 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 in 2000
Wertmuller during the filming of I basilischi (1963)
Wertmüller in 1972, from the magazine Radiocorriere TV
Wertmüller in 2011
Seven Beauties is a 1975 historical black comedy drama Italian film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller and starring Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, and Shirley Stoler.
Italian theatrical release poster