Lina Wertmüller

Lina Wertmüller (born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich on August 14, 1928) is a famous Italian film director of aristocratic Swiss descent.

Trivia

• known for her whimsically prolix movie titles, for instance, the literal translation of the Italian title of Swept Away is "Swept away...by an unusual destiny in the blue sea of August." These titles are invariably shortened for international release.
• first woman ever to have received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola are the only other female directors to have been nominated.
• entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the longest filmtitle: Un Fatto di sangue nel commune die Sculiana fra due uomini per causa di una vedova si sospetano moventi politici. Amore-Morte-Shimmy. Lugano belle. Tarantelle. Taralluci é vino (a movie from 1979 with 179 characters better kwown under the international titles Blood Feud or Revenge)