Wim Wenders - Pseudonym of German film director, screenwriter, author and photographer Ernst Wilhelm Wenders
Lina Wertmüller - Italian film director and screenwriter of Swiss descent, born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich. In 1977, she became the first female director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for her film Seven Beauties.