Lina Wermuller 'may get career Oscar'

(ANSA) - Rome, August 29 - Italian director Lina Wertmuller may be chosen to receive next year's Oscar for career achievement, media said Monday.
    Wertmuller, 88, the first woman director nominated for an academy award for Seven Beauties and also known for The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy and Swept Away, is one of the favourites to be selected by the 54 members of a special panel next Thursday.
    She has already received the public backing of Sophia Loren, Harvey Weinstein, Vanessa Redgrave, Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford.
    James Ivory of The Remains of the Day and Howard's End fame is reported to be among Wertmuller's rivals.