Luca Guadagnino

2022

Director, screenwriter, and producer

As one of Europe’s foremost auteurs, Luca is renowned for his personal, emotional, and intimate films. His first breakthrough on the international film scene came in 2006 with I Am Love, starring Tilda Swinton. Since then, he has directed films such as A Bigger Splash, Suspiria, and Love in Italian. In 2017, Luca Guadagnino released his masterpiece Call Me by Your Name, a love story between teenage boy Eliot and the American student Oliver. Set in northern Italy in the early 1980s, the film has been widely acclaimed.