Luca Guadagnino is an Italian film director. He rose to notability with the 2005 film Melissa P.

Melissa P. (film)

Melissa P. is a 2005 erotic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino. It is based on Melissa Panarello's semi-autobiographical diary novel, 100 colpi di spazzola prima di andare a dormire which focuses on the narrator's teenage sex life...

, and he is a frequent collaborator with Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

Katherine Mathilda "Tilda" Swinton is a British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. She has appeared in a number of films including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Burn After Reading, The Beach, We Need to Talk About Kevin and was nominated for a Golden Globe for her...

, including the 2010 film I Am Love

I Am Love (film)

I Am Love is a 2009 Italian film directed by Luca Guadagnino set around 2000 in Milan. The film follows a haute bourgeoisie family through changing times and fortunes, and its disruption by the force of passion. The cast is led by Tilda Swinton as Emma Recchi...

.

Life and career

Guadagnino was born in Palermo

Palermo

Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...

, and raised in Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

. He gained fame directing Melissa P., based on the scandalous novel by Melissa Panarello

Melissa Panarello

Melissa Panarello , alias Melissa P., is an Italian writer.-Biography:Panarello grew up in the small Sicilian town of Aci Castello, near Catania in Italy...

. His I Am Love

I Am Love (film)

I Am Love is a 2009 Italian film directed by Luca Guadagnino set around 2000 in Milan. The film follows a haute bourgeoisie family through changing times and fortunes, and its disruption by the force of passion. The cast is led by Tilda Swinton as Emma Recchi...

 won the prize for best direction at the 2010 Alabarda d'oro film festival.
Guadagnino is openly

Coming out

Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....

 gay.

Filmography

• I Am Love
  I Am Love (film)
  I Am Love is a 2009 Italian film directed by Luca Guadagnino set around 2000 in Milan. The film follows a haute bourgeoisie family through changing times and fortunes, and its disruption by the force of passion. The cast is led by Tilda Swinton as Emma Recchi...
  
   2009
• The Love Factory #3 Pippo Delbono - Bisogna morire (documentary) 2008
• Melissa P.
  Melissa P. (film)
  Melissa P. is a 2005 erotic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino. It is based on Melissa Panarello's semi-autobiographical diary novel, 100 colpi di spazzola prima di andare a dormire which focuses on the narrator's teenage sex life...
  
  2005
• Cuoco contadino (documentary) 2004
• Lotus (film)|Lotus (video documentary) 2003
• Mundo civilizado (documentary) 2003
• Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory (documentary short) 2002
• Sconvolto così 2001
• L'uomo risacca 2000
• The Protagonists (1999 film)|The Protagonists 1999
• Qui (short) 1997

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