Academy Honorary Award
Lina Wertmüller (; born 14 August 1928) is an Italian screenwriter and film director. She is known for her films "Seven Beauties" (for which she became the first female director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in 1977), "The Seduction of Mimi", "Love and Anarchy" and "Swept Away". In 2019, Wertmüller was announced as one of the four recipients of the Academy Honorary Award for her career. Wertmüller is the second female director ever to be honoured with an Academy Honorary Award.