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Lina Wertmüller

Awards

Lina Wertmüller

13 wins & 18 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Giancarlo Giannini in Seven Beauties (1975)
    1977 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Seven Beauties
    Lina Wertmüller becomes the first woman to be nominated for Best Director.
  • Giancarlo Giannini in Seven Beauties (1975)
    1977 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Seven Beauties
  • Lina Wertmüller
    2020 Winner Honorary Award

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) (1985)
    1986 Winner Interfilm Award - Otto Dibelius Film Award
    • Competition
    • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
    Tied with The Official Story (1985).
  • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) (1985)
    1986 Winner Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"
    • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
  • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) (1985)
    1986 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
  • A Night Full of Rain (1978)
    1978 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • A Night Full of Rain

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Giancarlo Giannini in Seven Beauties (1975)
    2017 Winner Special Award
    • Best Rediscoveries
    • Seven Beauties
    Seven Beauties [1975, Lina Wertmuller] ("The Films of Lina Wertmuller") at The Brattle Theatre

Cannes Film Festival

  • Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato in Love & Anarchy (1973)
    1973 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Love & Anarchy
  • Giancarlo Giannini in The Seduction of Mimi (1972)
    1972 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • The Seduction of Mimi

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Saturday, Sunday and Monday (1990)
    1990 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Saturday, Sunday and Monday

David di Donatello Awards

  • Lina Wertmüller
    2010 Winner Special David

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Giancarlo Giannini in Seven Beauties (1975)
    1977 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Seven Beauties

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) (1985)
    1986 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Director (Regista del Miglior Film)
    • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
  • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) (1985)
    1986 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura)
    • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
    Shared with: Elvio Porta
  • Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato in Love & Anarchy (1973)
    1974 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Original Story (Migliore Soggetto)
    • Love & Anarchy

Locarno Film Festival

  • The Basilisks (1963)
    1963 Winner Silver Sail
    • Feature Film
    • The Basilisks
    For the direction.

Mar del Plata International Film Festival

  • Ferdinando and Carolina (1999)
    1999 Nominee Best Film
    • International Competition
    • Ferdinando and Carolina

Moscow International Film Festival

  • A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit (1983)
    1985 Nominee Golden Prize
    • A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Giancarlo Giannini in Seven Beauties (1975)
    1976 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Seven Beauties
  • Giancarlo Giannini in Seven Beauties (1975)
    1976 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Seven Beauties
  • Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato in Swept Away (1974)
    1975 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Swept Away
  • Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato in Swept Away (1974)
    1975 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Swept Away

Venice Film Festival

  • Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love (1989)
    1989 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love

Walk of Fame

  • Lina Wertmüller
    2019 Winner Star on the Walk of Fame
    • Motion Picture
    On October 28, 2019. At 7065 Hollywood Blvd.

Women in Film Crystal Awards

  • Lina Wertmüller
    1985 Winner Crystal Award

Flaiano International Prizes

  • Lina Wertmüller
    2008 Winner Career Award
    • Cinema

Tehran International Film Festival

  • Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato in Swept Away (1974)
    1975 Winner Golden Ibex
    • Swept Away

Golden Globes, Italy

  • Lina Wertmüller
    2009 Winner Career Golden Globe
  • Lina Wertmüller
    1975 Winner Alitalia Award

Golden Goblets, Italy

  • The Basilisks (1963)
    1964 Winner Plate
    • The Basilisks
    Tied with Tinto Brass for Chi lavora è perduto (In capo al mondo) (1963).

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