Luca Guadagnino

Director
Producer
Writer

From the dazzling locations of 'I Am Love' and emotionally truthful characters of the Oscar-nominated 'Call Me by Your Name,' to a taste for horror in 'Suspiria,' director Luca Guadagnino breaks down his cinematic trademarks for IMDb.

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A Guide to the Films of Luca Guadagnino

Luca Guadagnino was born on 10 August 1971 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is a director and producer, known for Challengers (2024), Call Me by Your Name (2017) and Suspiria (2018).

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 50 wins & 121 nominations total

Director's Trademarks: The Films of Luca Guadagnino

Suspiria director Luca Guadagnino takes IMDb through his approach to filmmaking, from longtime collaborator Tilda Swinton, to why he hopes he doesn't have a "style."

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Known for

Challengers

7.1

Movie

Director

2024

Call Me by Your Name

7.8

Movie

Director(directed by)

2017

Suspiria

6.7

Movie

Director

2018

Bones and All

6.8

Movie

Director(directed by)

2022

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Director

See You at 5
6.9
Video
- Director
- 2024
Queer
6.5
- Director (directed by)
- 2024
Challengers
7.1
- Director
- 2024
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: (You Made It Feel Like) Home
6.5
Music Video
- Director
- 2023
Bones and All
6.8
- Director (directed by)
- 2022
Fendi Peekaboo Campaign
5.0
Short
- Director
- 2022
O Night Divine
6.0
Short
- Director
- 2021
Sufjan Stevens: Tell Me You Love Me
6.5
Music Video
- Director
- 2021
We Are Who We Are
7.3
TV Series
- Director
- 2020
Salvatore Ferragamo - Campaign Spring Summer 2021
6.0
Short
- Director
- 2020
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
6.6
- Director
- 2020
Fiori, fiori, fiori
6.3
Short
- Director
- 2020
The Staggering Girl
5.4
Short
- Director
- 2019
Suspiria
6.7
- Director
- 2018
Call Me by Your Name
7.8
- Director (directed by)
- 2017

Producer

Atropia
6.2
- producer (produced by)
- 2025
April
6.4
- producer
- 2024
Queer
6.5
- producer (p.g.a.)
- 2024
Diciannove
6.4
- producer
- 2024
Challengers
7.1
- producer (p.g.a.)
- 2024
Holiday
5.4
- producer
- 2023
Enea
6.0
- producer
- 2023
Bones and All
6.8
- producer
- 2022
O Night Divine
6.0
Short
- producer
- 2021
Il fronte interno
- producer
- 2021
Beckett
5.7
- producer (produced by)
- 2021
We Are Who We Are
7.3
TV Series
- executive producer (showrunner)
- 2020
The Truffle Hunters
7.3
- executive producer
- 2020
The Staggering Girl
5.4
Short
- producer
- 2019
Suspiria
6.7
- producer
- 2018

Alternative name
- Luca
Height
- 6′ (1.83 m)
Born
- August 10, 1971
- Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Children
- No Children
Other works
Directed web series "Walking Stories" for Salvatore Ferragamo
Publicity listings
- 1 Interview
- 1 Article

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Trivia
Speaks three languages: Italian, English and French.

Quotes
I think beauty is a very overrated concept. In particular what is overrated is the idea that beauty comes objectively. From this perspective I'm not interested in it at all. And I'm definitely not interested in style. I'm interested in form, in the shape of things. And in commitment to the degree of never letting go the quest for the meaning of things. That can come off as beauty and style, but that's not where I start from.