Wertmuller, the first female Oscar-nominated best director, will be honored with both an honorary Oscar and a star on the Walk of Fame this month.
, is finally being celebrated stateside for her landmark career, beginning with a series of events this month in Los Angeles.
In the ensuing four decades, only four other women have been nominated for best director: Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola, Kathryn Bigelow and Greta Gerwig; with only Bigelow taking home the prize. Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian and Pascal Vicedomini, Secretary General of the Capri in the World Institute, will be on hand to honor her at the Walk of Fame ceremony.
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