Luca Guadagnino

Luca Guadagnino

Birth : 1971-08-10, Palermo, Italy

History

Luca Guadagnino is an Italian film director. He rose to notability with the 2005 film Melissa P., and he is a frequent collaborator with actress Tilda Swinton, including the 1999 film The Protagonists, the 2010 film I Am Love, the 2015 film A Bigger Splash, and the 2018 film Suspiria. In 2017 Guadagnino gained widespread recognition for the directing and producing the critically acclaimed romance film Call Me by Your Name. For the film he received various accolades including nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction.

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Luca Guadagnino
Luca Guadagnino

Movies

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In a near-future Boston, an amateur stand up comedian with memory problems struggles to maintain his sobriety as he falls for his transgender best friend. After she rejects his affection, he hears of a company that can give him another chance with her. Introducing NuYou: a business that creates human clones for the modern day consumer.
Challengers
Producer
Tashi, a tennis player-turned-coach, has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him from a mediocre player into a world-famous Grand Slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a “Challenger” event — close to the lowest level of tournament on the pro tour — where he finds himself standing across the net from the once-promising, now burnt-out Patrick: his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend.
Challengers
Director
Tashi, a tennis player-turned-coach, has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him from a mediocre player into a world-famous Grand Slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a “Challenger” event — close to the lowest level of tournament on the pro tour — where he finds himself standing across the net from the once-promising, now burnt-out Patrick: his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend.
Bones and All
Producer
Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.
Bones and All
Director
Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.
Noi siamo cinema
Himself
An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.
O Night Divine
Producer
St. Moritz, Switzerland. On a snowy Christmas Eve in a grand mountain hotel, the lives of five people magically intertwine during a wild night full of extravagant adventures and joyous celebrations.
O Night Divine
Director
St. Moritz, Switzerland. On a snowy Christmas Eve in a grand mountain hotel, the lives of five people magically intertwine during a wild night full of extravagant adventures and joyous celebrations.
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Director
In the early 20th century, impoverished teenage Italian cobbler Salvatore Ferragamo sailed from Naples to America to seek a better life. He settled in Southern California, and became Hollywood's go-to shoemaker during the silent era. In 1927, he returned to Italy and founded in Florence his namesake luxury brand. This feature-length documentary recounts his adventures.
Beckett
Producer
An American tourist in Greece finds himself on the run after a tragic accident plunges him into a political conspiracy that makes him a target for assassination.
Peter Del Monte e Luca Guadagnino: Un Incontro
Life in Technicolor
Director
A story of intrigue, suspense and beauty, set in the streets of Milan, with a mysterious succession of encounters, déjà-vu and enigmatic glances echoing the surreal atmospheres of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpieces. A unique sequence of places, evocations and indelible feelings bring the Maison back to its timeless bond with the world of cinema, through a subtle and impenetrable plot, in a growing tension between elegance and passion, rigor and colour.
The Truffle Hunters
Executive Producer
In the secret forests of Northern Italy, a dwindling group of joyful old men and their faithful dogs search for the world’s most expensive ingredient, the white Alba truffle. Their stories form a real-life fairy tale that celebrates human passion in a fragile land that seems forgotten in time.
Fiori, Fiori, Fiori!
Writer
Luca Guadagnino left for Sicily from Milan to knock on the doors of his childhood friends and discuss with them their experience of this exceptional moment, which has united the entire world.
Fiori, Fiori, Fiori!
Director
Luca Guadagnino left for Sicily from Milan to knock on the doors of his childhood friends and discuss with them their experience of this exceptional moment, which has united the entire world.
That Click
Self
A man at the cutting edge of fashion, photojournalism and portraiture, photographer to the stars Douglas Kirkland has portrayed over sixty years of pop culture. This fascinating feature takes a closer look into the career of one of the most important photographers of the last century. His subjects, who are some of the biggest stars of Hollywood and the fashion world, provide testimonials.
The Staggering Girl
Producer
The cinematographic language and the language of Couture simultaneously follow an intimate story line, made of symbols, gestures and images. Moving between Rome and New York, the movie narrates the strength of a blood relationship between two women who have come to a day of reckoning with themselves, through a diachronic and introspective overview.
The Staggering Girl
Director
The cinematographic language and the language of Couture simultaneously follow an intimate story line, made of symbols, gestures and images. Moving between Rome and New York, the movie narrates the strength of a blood relationship between two women who have come to a day of reckoning with themselves, through a diachronic and introspective overview.
Suspiria
Producer
Young American dancer Susie Bannion arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned Helena Markos Dance Company. When she vaults to the role of lead dancer, the woman she replaces breaks down and accuses the company's female directors of witchcraft. Meanwhile, an inquisitive psychotherapist and a member of the troupe uncover dark and sinister secrets as they probe the depths of the studio's hidden underground chambers.
Suspiria
Director
Young American dancer Susie Bannion arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned Helena Markos Dance Company. When she vaults to the role of lead dancer, the woman she replaces breaks down and accuses the company's female directors of witchcraft. Meanwhile, an inquisitive psychotherapist and a member of the troupe uncover dark and sinister secrets as they probe the depths of the studio's hidden underground chambers.
Call Me by Your Name
Producer
In 1980s Italy, a relationship begins between seventeen-year-old teenage Elio and the older adult man hired as his father's research assistant.
Call Me by Your Name
Director
In 1980s Italy, a relationship begins between seventeen-year-old teenage Elio and the older adult man hired as his father's research assistant.
A Bigger Splash
Producer
An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.
A Bigger Splash
Director
An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.
Antonia
Producer
Distinguished Italian poet Antonia Pozzi (1912–1938) was among those women who were at odds with the times in which they lived. Her poems record her inability to adapt to social norms and her desire to live fully, and in poetry she sought an escape from reality and from her own complex soul and emotional life.
A Rose Reborn
Producer
A brilliant young CEO from London contemplates the possibility of selling his invention to a mysterious Chinese billionaire. Before actually meeting his potential investor however our protagonist must face a number of challenges in the form of journeys, riddles and the exchange of clothes.
Belluscone: A Sicilian Story
Producer
This film tells the story of three defeats: Berlusconi’s political and human defeat in his “twilight”, the one of Ciccio Mirra, Berlusconi’s unconditional supporter, deeply rooted in an ancient culture that dies hard, and the director’s artistic defeat in an Italy that recognised itself in this “Berlusconian culture” for a long time, and probably still does.
Mademoiselle C
Self
A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld.
Bertolucci on Bertolucci
Director
Documentary on the life and work of legendary director Bernardo Bertolucci, using filmed interviews he has given over the last 50 years.
Walking Stories
Director
Delicate and slightly surreal, “Walking Stories” is a romantic comedy directed by Luca Guadagnino.
Padroni di casa
Producer
Two construction-workers, the brothers Cosimo and Elia are hired by a famous singer to do some work on his rural mansion, before he's due to make his big career comeback-concert in his home city. It all seems like an easy enough job, but the small town community doesn't like strangers.
Skin to Skin
Writer
A short film for the company Sergio Rossi directed by Luca Guadagnino
Skin to Skin
Director
A short film for the company Sergio Rossi directed by Luca Guadagnino
One Plus One
Director
The story of a suspenseful and unsettling love triangle, told through the tension that develops between the space and the silhouette of a woman.
Here
Idea
A young woman's journey across the world following a set of cryptic clues.
Here
Director
A young woman's journey across the world following a set of cryptic clues.
Destinée
Director
A short film for Cartier: an unexpected proposal in a little red box.
Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Screenplay
Time: 7 pm. Place: a mansion in the rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré. A wealthy industrial family is preparing to celebrate the engagement of their only son, a brilliant businessman, to a beautiful young woman. But she seems lost and alone, surrounded by luxury she has rarely experienced ... a moment of doubt ... is she making the right choice?
Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Director
Time: 7 pm. Place: a mansion in the rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré. A wealthy industrial family is preparing to celebrate the engagement of their only son, a brilliant businessman, to a beautiful young woman. But she seems lost and alone, surrounded by luxury she has rarely experienced ... a moment of doubt ... is she making the right choice?
Place De l'Opéra
Screenplay
An older couple are about to spend another evening at the Opéra Garnier, the place where once they swore their eternal love for one another. An evening like any other after so many years spent together? Not with the affectionate playfulness they share. "You haven't changed. You are still an incurable romantic..." The film ends on that last line from a happy man as much in love as ever.
Place De l'Opéra
Director
An older couple are about to spend another evening at the Opéra Garnier, the place where once they swore their eternal love for one another. An evening like any other after so many years spent together? Not with the affectionate playfulness they share. "You haven't changed. You are still an incurable romantic..." The film ends on that last line from a happy man as much in love as ever.
Jardins du Palais Royal
Screenplay
A couple of actors are playing roles of seduction and teasing, on and off screen, to better love each other. Is it only for the movie, or for their entire life?
Jardins du Palais Royal
Director
A couple of actors are playing roles of seduction and teasing, on and off screen, to better love each other. Is it only for the movie, or for their entire life?
Inconscio Italiano
Director
A documentary in which seven Italian intellectuals survey the political history of their country from its imperial adventure in Ethiopia in 1937 to the ascent of Silvio Berlusconi, focusing on the evolving role of the Fascist Party.
Chronology
Director
A surreal "fashion film" produced by digital video channel NOWNESS and online luxury retailer Net-a-Porter to promote highlights from the fall 2010 collections of such labels as Miu Miu, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Christopher Kane, Chloé, Sigerson Morrison, and Azzedine Alaïa.
Diarchy
Producer
Giano and Luc are traveling through the woods when a storm breaks, forcing them to take shelter in Luc's villa. Gradually and insidiously, a competition emerges between them, with terrible consequences.
I Am Love
Producer
Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
I Am Love
Screenplay
Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
I Am Love
Story
Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
I Am Love
Director
Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
Moments on the Set of I Am Love
Himself
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Diary of a Nymphomaniac
Writer
A chronicle of the life of a middle-class French girl's sexual adventures, her then fall into prostitution, and her ultimate redemption.
Part Deux
Director
A modern-day paean to the good times, inspired by a Wolfgang Tillmans picture.
Melissa P.
Writer
An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.
Melissa P.
Director
An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.
Cuoco Contadino
Writer
Up the hills between Liguria and France, a car goes up towards the Pre-Alps. Paolo Masieri, one of the most innovative of the great Italian chefs, has his vegetable garden, his country house, his herbs. Luca Guadagnino's camera follows him, moving among the fronds with the step of a weasel, sniffing the moss and the dried leaves of the chestnut trees, becoming nature among nature.
Cuoco Contadino
Director
Up the hills between Liguria and France, a car goes up towards the Pre-Alps. Paolo Masieri, one of the most innovative of the great Italian chefs, has his vegetable garden, his country house, his herbs. Luca Guadagnino's camera follows him, moving among the fronds with the step of a weasel, sniffing the moss and the dried leaves of the chestnut trees, becoming nature among nature.
The Making of Lotus
Director
Documenting the making of Elisa's 2003 album 'Lotus'
Mundo Civilizado
Director
Francesca, Morgana, Edo and Antonio. Four of today’s youngsters. Four inadvertent representatives of today’s generation of 20-year-olds who “do whatever I want”.By chance they find that they’re spending a week in Catania together, the Baroque city perched on the slopes of a volcano, the continual rumbling of which seems to reflect their restlessness…
Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory
Director
At the Hotel Majestic in Cannes, Tilda Swinton talks to director Luca Guadagnino about cinema, loneliness and love.
L'uomo risacca
Director
From a poem of Gabriele Frasca
The Protagonists
An Italian movie crew goes to London to make a documentary about a murder case that took place a few years before.
The Protagonists
Story
An Italian movie crew goes to London to make a documentary about a murder case that took place a few years before.
The Protagonists
Screenplay
An Italian movie crew goes to London to make a documentary about a murder case that took place a few years before.
The Protagonists
Director
An Italian movie crew goes to London to make a documentary about a murder case that took place a few years before.
Holiday
Producer
Veronica, after a long trial and two years in prison for the alleged murder of her mother and her lover, is found innocent. She is only twenty years old, but it is difficult to look ahead...
Queer
Director
Lee is an insecure man afflicted with heroin withdrawal who is driven to pursue a young man named Allerton.
Luca Guadagnino's Secret Project
Director
A passion project by Luca Guadagnino that will "only be unveiled once it's been finished".
An Even Bigger Splash
Director
195 minute-cut of "A Bigger Splash" (2015)
Untitled Audrey Hepburn Biopic
Director
A biopic about iconic actress Audrey Hepburn.
Blood on the Tracks
Director
Burial Rites
Director
The story of Agnes Magnusdottir, the last woman to be publicly executed in Iceland in 1830, after being sentenced to death for killing two men and setting fire to their home.
Scarface
Director
A Mexican immigrant rises to the top of the criminal underworld in Los Angeles.
The Lord of the Flies
Producer
A group of school boys stranded on a deserted island who descend into a savage social order.
The Lord of the Flies
Director
A group of school boys stranded on a deserted island who descend into a savage social order.