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How Lina Wertmüller Paved a Path For Today’s Women Directors

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Claudia Eller Co-Editor-in-ChiefIt’s always so jarring and upsetting to learn that someone you have greatly admired has died — no matter how old they are.Italian writer-director Lina Wertmüller, who passed away last week at age 93, was one of those industry icons whom I had hoped to one day reconnect with.

I had the honor of first meeting her two years ago when she was in Los Angeles at a luncheon given in her honor by Women in Film.

I remember at the time being struck by how healthy and vibrant Wertmüller still was for her age — a dynamo packed into a petite frame with her trademark white plastic glasses and striking white hair.I wrote about our encounter in my Oct.

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