Luca Guadagnino is an award-winning director whose transcendent work has been described by critics as “visually stunning” and “unrepentantly grandiose.” His 2009 film, I Am Love, garnered 14 major wins and 26 nominations, including Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes. He has also received a number of other prestigious awards and nominations for his outstanding work throughout the course of his illustrious career. Some of his most notable achievements include:
For The Protagonists:
1999 Win for The Protagonists at the Venice Film Festival
For I Am Love:
2010 Nomination for the Best Non-English Language Film from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2010 Win for Best Feature Film at the Boulder International Film Festival
2011 Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film from the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2011 Nomination for Best Comedic Director from the Golden Graals
2010 Nomination for Best Original Story from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2010 Win for Best Foreign Language Film from the Nation Texas Film Critics Association
For Bertolucci on Bertolucci:
2014 Nomination for Best Documentary About Cinema from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Critical Acclaim
Luca’s films have received high praise from some of the world’s most esteemed critics. Roger Ebert wrote, “I Am Love is an amazing film. Not about rich and poor but about old and new.” And according to the Associated Press, “Words like ‘lush’ and ‘gorgeous’ don't even begin to scratch the surface in describing I Am Love.”
Upcoming Projects
Luca Guadagnino is currently working with Little Minx collaborator Michael Costigan on A Bigger Splash, which promises to be the acclaimed director’s most ambitious work yet. The film stars Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson and Matthias Schoenaerts and was written by David Kajganich and Alain Page.
The narrative tells the story of the politics of desire between a man and a woman lost in the Mediterranean. American couple, Marianne and Paul, spend their vacation at a villa near St. Tropez. Marianne invites Harry, her former lover, and his teenage daughter Penelope, to stay with them on their holiday.
Luca is also working on the much-anticipated thriller A Reliable Wife, based on the novel by Robert Goolrick, featuring a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker. The Hitchcockian film is scheduled to begin filming this winter and follows a mail order bride agreement gone deadly.
Recent Works
In addition to creating award-winning feature films, Luca Guadagnino has produced a wealth of acclaimed content work over the past four years, including Walking Stories for Salvatore Ferragamo, Bertolucci on Bertolucci (an independently-produced documentary), One Plus One for Giorgio Armani, Here for Starwood Hotel Group’s Luxury Collection, Destinee for Cartier, Inconscio Italiano (a documentary produced by First Sun), and Chronology for Net-a-Porter.
Through the medium of branded content, the seasoned director is able to translate his evocative storytelling abilities to create impactful, story-driven work, featuring powerful narratives that capture the human experience. This versatile body of work has allowed him to collaborate with industry-leading script writers, including Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who also wrote Skyfall. Whether he is documenting the remarkable life of Bernardo Bertolucci, chronicling a young woman’s search for love across three continents, or producing an ethereal ad campaign for Giorgio Armani, Luca Guadagnino has an uncanny ability to elevate his subjects through majestic artistic expression.
Luca Guadagnino and Tilda Swinton
Luca maintains a long-time friendship with actress Tilda Swinton, which dates back 22 years. Their first encounter took place at an industry event, when he confronted her to ask why she never responded to his requests to work with him on his adaptation of William Burroughs’ Penny Peep Show Arcade. Tilda was charmed by him and immediately agreed to work with him at her next available opportunity. While they never made the Burroughs film, they have worked together on a number of other projects, including The Protagonists, The Love Factory, and I Am Love. Their working relationship continues to this day.
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