Post by KotO on Dec 10, 2021 21:29:43 GMT
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59599270
Italian film director Lina Wertmüller, the first woman ever to be nominated for an Oscar for best director, has died at the age of 93.
Wertmüller passed away at her home in Rome on Thursday morning, alongside family and friends.
She is credited with revolutionising Italian cinema in the 1970s and is best-known for her films Seven Beauties and the award-winning Swept Away.
Wertmüller received an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 2019.
In the same year, she was also honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
On Thursday, Italy's Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said in a statement that the country was mourning the death of a woman whose "unmistakable style left an everlasting mark on our - and the world's - cinema".
Seven Beauties remains on of my favorite movies of all time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsZ5MsgdlSw&ab_channel=GiulianaAntica
Italian film director Lina Wertmüller, the first woman ever to be nominated for an Oscar for best director, has died at the age of 93.
Wertmüller passed away at her home in Rome on Thursday morning, alongside family and friends.
She is credited with revolutionising Italian cinema in the 1970s and is best-known for her films Seven Beauties and the award-winning Swept Away.
Wertmüller received an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 2019.
In the same year, she was also honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
On Thursday, Italy's Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said in a statement that the country was mourning the death of a woman whose "unmistakable style left an everlasting mark on our - and the world's - cinema".
Seven Beauties remains on of my favorite movies of all time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsZ5MsgdlSw&ab_channel=GiulianaAntica