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70-553: Luca Guadagnino ( Italian: [ˈluːka ɡwadaɲˈɲiːno] ; born 10 August 1971) is an Italian film director and producer. His films are characterized by their emotional complexity, eroticism , and lavish visuals. Guadagnino has received numerous accolades, including a Silver Lion , alongside nominations for an  Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards . Born in Palermo , Guadagnino spent part of his childhood in Ethiopia, but

140-492: A biographical film about Hollywood hustler Scotty Bowers , and an adaption of Lord of the Flies , with Patrick Ness adapting the book for Warner Bros. In March 2024, Guadagnino told la Repubblica his next project would be Separate Rooms , a film adaptation of Pier Vittorio Tondelli 's 1989's novel, Camere separate . A few days later, Variety reported Josh O'Connor was in talks to star. In October 2024, Guadagnino

210-485: A biopic about Italian poet Antonia Pozzi . Filomarino was inspired by Guadagnino's love of Pozzi's poetry to make the film. In 2015, Guadagnino directed the second installment of the Desire Trilogy, erotic thriller A Bigger Splash , with Tilda Swinton , Matthias Schoenaerts , Ralph Fiennes and Dakota Johnson . The film is loosely based on the 1969 Jacques Deray film La Piscine . It had its premiere at

280-402: A non-heterosexual perspective, viewing psychoanalytical and modernist views of eroticism as both archaic and heterosexist , written primarily by and for a "handful of elite, heterosexual, bourgeois men" who "mistook their own repressed sexual proclivities" as the norm. Theorists like Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick , Gayle S. Rubin and Marilyn Frye all write extensively about eroticism from

350-589: A 17th-century palazzo in Crema . He no longer lives in Crema, citing a lack of privacy due to the success of Call Me By Your Name . As of 2024, he lives in Milan . From 2009 to 2020, he was in a relationship with Ferdinando Cito Filomarino . Producer only Documentary short Eroticism As French novelist Honoré de Balzac stated, eroticism is dependent not just upon an individual's sexual morality , but also

420-664: A 7-year period. Presented at a number of international festivals, the film was an immediate success with critics and audiences alike. In 2010, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film, and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language. In 2011, Guadagnino directed Inconscio Italiano , a feature-length documentary film presented at

490-635: A boycott of the South African luxury resort Sun City during Apartheid . His documentary Haiti Dreams of Democracy (1988) captured Haiti's era of democratic rebuilding after dictatorship, while his documentary The Agronomist (2008) profiled Haitian journalist and human rights activist Jean Dominique . Demme spent six years on the documentary I'm Carolyn Parker (2011), which highlighted rebuilding efforts in New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina . Demme

560-482: A communion with the object/other: "the true order of going...to the things of love, is to use the beauties of earth as steps...to all fair forms, and from fair forms to fair actions, and from fair actions to fair notions, until from fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute beauty". Modern French conceptions of eroticism can be traced to the Age of Enlightenment , when "in the eighteenth century, dictionaries defined

630-463: A compilation of Haitian music called Konbit: Burning Rhythms of Haiti that was released in 1989. ( Lou Reed selected Konbit... as one of his 'picks of 1989'). Demme was on the board of directors at Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York . In addition to his role on the board, he curated and hosted a monthly series called Rarely Seen Cinema . Throughout 1986–2004, Demme

700-432: A heterosexual, lesbian and separatist point of view, respectively, seeing eroticism as both a political force and cultural critique for marginalized groups, or as Mario Vargas Llosa summarized: "Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty". Audre Lorde , a lesbian Caribbean-American writer and outspoken feminist , called

770-414: A major influence in his work. In an interview, Anderson jokingly stated that the three filmmakers who inspired him the most are "Jonathan Demme, Jonathan Demme and Jonathan Demme." Other directors such as Alexander Payne and Wes Anderson have been known to be inspired by his close-ups in their own work. Demme was involved in various political projects. In 1981, he directed a series of commercials for

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840-480: A motorcycle movie very loosely based on Rashomon , and The Hot Box (1972). He then moved on to directing three films for Corman's studio New World Pictures : Caged Heat (1974), Crazy Mama (1975), and Fighting Mad (1976). After Fighting Mad , Demme directed the comedy film Handle with Care (originally titled Citizens Band , 1977) for Paramount Pictures . The film was well received by critics, but received little promotion, and performed poorly at

910-484: A play by Beth Henley . The play was produced by MCC Theater and co-starred Rosemarie DeWitt and Kathleen Chalfant . At one time, Demme was signed on to direct, produce, and write an adaptation of Stephen King 's sci-fi novel 11/22/63 , but later left the project due to disagreements with King on what should be included in the script. He returned to the concert documentary format with Justin Timberlake +

980-699: A producer and director. Demme was born on February 22, 1944, in Baldwin , New York, the son of Dorothy Louise ( née Rogers) and Robert Eugene Demme, a public relations executive. He was raised in Rockville Centre, New York and Miami , where he graduated from Southwest Miami High School before attending the University of Florida . Demme broke into feature film working for exploitation film producer Roger Corman early in his career, co-writing and producing Angels Hard as They Come (1971),

1050-448: A producer on Beckett —previously titled Born to Be Murdered —directed by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino starring Alicia Vikander and John David Washington . On 28 January 2021, it was reported that Guadagnino was going to direct an adaptation of Camille DeAngelis 's 2015 novel about teenage cannibals Bones & All , with Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell in talks to star. The film, Bones and All , had its world premiere at

1120-746: A small cameo in We Are Who We Are . Yorick Le Saux and Sayombhu Mukdeeprom are Guadagnino's most frequent cinematographers. Le Saux has worked in I Am Love , A Bigger Splash , three episodes of We Are Who We Are , and several of Guadagnino's fashion films. Mukdeeprom shot his two most recent films, Antonia and Beckett , as well as the short film The Staggering Girl . Walter Fasano has been Guadagnino's main editor since 1997, having worked in every project of his except for We Are Who We Are . Guadagnino regularly works with producers, Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Marco Morabito , and screenwriter David Kajganich . Guadagnino lived and worked in

1190-615: A technical school in Addis Ababa . The family left Ethiopia for Italy in 1977 to escape the Ethiopian Civil War and settled in Palermo. Guadagnino became interested in film making from around the age of nine, and started making amateur films after receiving a Super 8 camera from his mother. He developed a passion for cinema in earnest during adolescence and programmed VHS recordings of films shown on television. Some of

1260-513: The 72nd Venice Film Festival where it competed for the Golden Lion . Guadagnino's next film was Call Me by Your Name , an adaptation of André Aciman's novel of the same name, starring Timothée Chalamet , Armie Hammer , and Michael Stuhlbarg . Filming took place in Crema , Italy, in May and June 2016, and the film debuted at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival . It was theatrically released in

1330-497: The 79th Venice International Film Festival on 2 September 2022, where it won Silver Lion for best direction. In 2023, he co-produced two Italian films and one short film, under his production company Frenesy Film Company , Margherita Giusti's The Meatseller , Pietro Castellitto 's Enea and Edoardo Gabbriellini 's Holiday . The three projects premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival and 2023 TIFF , respectively. On 11 February 2022, he signed on to direct

1400-482: The AIDS crisis and which garnered star Tom Hanks his first Best Actor Oscar . He also co-directed (with his nephew Ted ) the music video for Bruce Springsteen 's Best Song Oscar -winning " Streets of Philadelphia " from the film's soundtrack. Jonathan used several of the same actors for both movies. Subsequently, his films included an adaptation of Toni Morrison 's Beloved (1998), and remakes of two films from

1470-497: The Apollo Theater, Oberlin, Ohio , along with Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman . In 2013, he returned to Oberlin as part of an alumni reunion during the class of 2013 graduation ceremony and received the award for Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts. In 2009, Demme signed a petition in support of director Roman Polanski , who had been detained while traveling to a film festival in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse charges , which

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1540-626: The Golden Lion . Tortorici's film also premiered at Venice in the Orizzonti section. Guadagnino's second film of the year was an adaptation of William S. Burroughs novel Queer , with Daniel Craig in the lead. Filming was completed at Cinecittà studios in Rome in June 2023. The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival , where it competed for the Golden Lion . It received generally positive reviews. Guadagnino will next direct

1610-504: The HIV/AIDS -themed drama Philadelphia (1993), the supernatural Gothic horror Beloved (1998), the conspiracy thriller The Manchurian Candidate (2004), and the independent drama Rachel Getting Married (2008). Demme also directed numerous concert films such as Stop Making Sense (1984), Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006), and Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids (2016), and worked on several television series as both

1680-744: The Locarno Film Festival . He also worked on the documentary Bertolucci on Bertolucci (2013), which was shown at the Venice Film Festival, the London Film Festival and Paris Cinemathèque, and 50 other festivals in 2013 and 2014. Co-directed with Walter Fasano, the documentary was made from archival material and received top international accolades. Guadagnino was a producer on the well-received short film Diarchia (2010), directed by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino and starring Guadagnino collaborator Alba Rohrwacher ,

1750-855: The Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense (also 1984) which won the National Society of Film Critics Award for best documentary; the eclectic screwball action-romantic comedy Something Wild (1986); a film-version of the stage production Swimming to Cambodia (1987), by monologist Spalding Gray ; and the New York Mafia-by-way-of Downtown comedy Married to the Mob (1988). Demme formed his production company, Clinica Estetico, with producers Edward Saxon and Peter Saraf in 1987. They were based out of New York City for fifteen years. Demme won

1820-591: The University of Palermo . He then transferred to the Sapienza University of Rome and completed his degree in literature and cinema history, with a thesis on the American filmmaker Jonathan Demme . At Sapienza he met actress Laura Betti and would often attend her parties and cook for guests, such as Bernardo Bertolucci and Valerio Adami . Guadagnino would later describe that experience as his "film school". Guadagnino made his directorial debut with

1890-523: The Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival . His art-house hit Rachel Getting Married (2008) was compared by many critics to Demme's films of the late 1970s and 1980s. It was included in many 2008 "best of" lists, and received numerous awards and nominations, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress by lead Anne Hathaway . In 2010, Demme made his first foray into theater, directing Family Week ,

1960-473: The 1960s: The Truth About Charlie (2002), based on Charade , that starred Mark Wahlberg in the Cary Grant role; and The Manchurian Candidate (2004), with Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep . Demme's documentary film Man from Plains (2007), a documentary about former U.S. President Jimmy Carter 's promotional tour publicizing his book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid , had its premiere at

2030-511: The 1974 women-in-prison film Caged Heat , before becoming known for his casually humanist films such as Melvin and Howard (1980), Swing Shift (1984), Something Wild (1986), and Married to the Mob (1988). His 1991 psychological horror film The Silence of the Lambs , based on the novel of the same title , won five Academy Awards , including Best Director and Best Picture . His subsequent films earned similar acclaim, notably

2100-729: The 2012 Sight & Sound directors' poll, Guadagnino listed, The Blue Gardenia , Come and Go , Fanny and Alexander , The Fury , Goodbye South, Goodbye , Histoire(s) du cinéma , In the Realm of the Senses , Journey to Italy , Psycho and Veronika Voss as his favourite films. Guadagnino usually has a long-standing group of actors and crew who participate on most of his work. Actors who usually appear on his films include Tilda Swinton , Fabrizia Sacchi , Alba Rohrwacher , Timothée Chalamet , Dakota Johnson , and Michael Stuhlbarg . Swinton has appeared in four of his films and

2170-500: The 2019 Cannes Directors' Fortnight section. The following year, Guadagnino served as an executive producer on The Truffle Hunters , a documentary film directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kirshaw, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival . and directed Salvatore Ferragamo: The Shoemaker of Dreams a documentary film revolving around Salvatore Ferragamo . The film had its world premiere at

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2240-467: The Academy Award for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)—one of only three films to win all the major categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress). Inspired by his friend Juan Suárez Botas 's illness with AIDS and fueled by his own moral convictions, Demme then used his influence to make Philadelphia (1993), one of the first major films to address

2310-599: The Beirut Film Festival, and on the jury of the Locarno Film Festival. Outside of film, he began working with the Italian fashion house Fendi in 2005. In 2012, he created Frenesy, a creative agency and production company that conceives and implements communications for luxury brands and produces fashion films, video and print advertising, and high-profile creative events. Guadagnino headed

2380-514: The Erotic: The Erotic as Power , Lorde identifies the erotic as a source of creative power that is deeply rooted in a spiritual plane of unrecognised or unexpressed feeling and sensation. Influenced by Sigmund Freud , psychotherapists have turned to Greek philosophy for an understanding of eros' heightened aesthetic . For Plato , Eros takes an almost transcendent manifestation when the subject seeks to go beyond itself and form

2450-697: The Feelies , Charles Aznavour , Steve Scales, the Flirtations , Manno Charlemagne , Bernie Worrell , David Johansen , Beau Sia , Q Lazzarus , and Rick Springfield . In addition to Corman, Demme cast a number of other fellow directors in cameos, including John Sayles , Agnès Varda , George A. Romero , Sidney Lumet , and John Waters . Many of these performers received opening credits billing in films they appeared in, despite sometimes having only one or two lines. Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson has paid homage to Demme in his films and has cited him as

2520-600: The Tennessee Kids (2016), which he described as a "performance film, but also a portrait of an artist at a certain moment in the arc of his career", and his last project was a history of rock & roll for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame compiled from footage from Hall of Fame induction ceremonies set to debut in summer 2017. Demme directed music videos for artists such as Suburban Lawns , New Order , KRS-One 's H.E.A.L. project and Bruce Springsteen . He also produced

2590-624: The United Kingdom on 27 October 2017, and in the United States on 24 November. In September 2015, Guadagnino announced at the 72nd Venice Film Festival his plans to direct a remake of Dario Argento 's Suspiria . Guadagnino set his version in Berlin circa 1977—the year in which the original film was released—and aimed to focus on "the concept [and...] uncompromising force of motherhood." Tilda Swinton and Dakota Johnson starred in

2660-416: The Venice Film Festival on 5 September 2020. He also wrote and directed We Are Who We Are an 8-episode limited series for HBO , starring Chloë Sevigny , Kid Cudi , Alice Braga , Jack Dylan Grazer , Spence Moore II , Jordan Kristine Seamon, Faith Alabi, Corey Knight, Tom Mercier, Francesca Scorsese , Ben Taylor and Sebastiano Pigazzi . It premiered on 14 September 2020. In 2021, Guadagnino served as

2730-493: The basis on which understanding provides a foundation for acknowledging difference. Lorde suggests that if we suppress the erotic rather than recognize its presence, it takes on a different form. Rather than enjoying and sharing with one another, it becomes objectifying, which she says translates into abuse as we attempt to hide and suppress our experiences. Jonathan Demme Robert Jonathan Demme ( / ˈ d ɛ m i / DEM -ee ; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017)

2800-446: The box office. He also directed a 1978 episode of Columbo . Demme's next film, Melvin and Howard (1980), did not get a wide release , but received a groundswell of critical acclaim and film award recognition, including Academy Award nominations, winning two of its three nominations ( Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Mary Steenburgen , and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay – Bo Goldman ). This acclaim led to

2870-630: The culture and time in which an individual resides. Because the nature of what is erotic is fluid, early definitions of the term attempted to conceive eroticism as some form of sensual or romantic love or as the human sex drive ( libido ); for example, the Encyclopédie of 1755 states that the erotic "is an epithet which is applied to everything with a connection to the love of the sexes; one employs it particularly to characterize...a dissoluteness, an excess". Libertine literature such as those by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester evoked eroticism to

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2940-493: The desert in the film Lawrence of Arabia at age five, as his "first impression of a screen, which had nothing to do with the actual film." Despite being influenced by Italian filmmakers such as Bernardo Bertolucci , Roberto Rossellini , Luchino Visconti , Dario Argento , Pier Paolo Pasolini and Federico Fellini , Guadagnino does not consider himself an Italian filmmaker, and would rather be seen as an Algerian one, saying: "[...] I grew up in Ethiopia. I came to Italy when I

3010-440: The difficulty of drawing... a clear generic demarcation between the erotic and the pornographic": "the history of the separation of pornography from eroticism... remains to be written". Audre Lorde recognises eroticism and pornography as “two diametrically opposed uses of the sexual”, defining the erotic as “a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.” In her 1978 essay, Uses of

3080-578: The erotic a source of power specifically identified with the female, often corrupted or distorted by oppression, since it poses the challenge of change. "For women, this has meant a suppression of the erotic as a considered source of power and information within our lives". In "The Uses of the Erotic" within Sister Outsider , she discusses how the erotic comes from the sharing of joy, "whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual" and provides

3150-454: The erotic as that which concerned love...eroticism was the intrusion into the public sphere of something that was at base private". This theme of intrusion or transgression was taken up in the twentieth century by the French philosopher Georges Bataille , who argued that eroticism performs a function of dissolving boundaries between human subjectivity and humanity, a transgression that dissolves

3220-529: The family moved back to Italy to escape the Ethiopian Civil War . Guadagnino began his career directing short films and documentaries. He made his feature-film debut with The Protagonists (1999), the first of his many collaborations with actress Tilda Swinton . His follow-up Melissa P. (2005) was a commercial success in Italy but was met with mixed critical reception. Guadagnino gained further acclaim with his  Desire trilogy, which consists of

3290-414: The feature film The Protagonists (1999), which was presented at the Venice Film Festival. The film also marks his first collaboration with actresses Tilda Swinton, Fabrizia Sacchi , and editor Walter Fasano . In 2002, he directed Mundo Civilizado , a musical documentary, presented at the Locarno Film Festival in 2003. His 2004 documentary film Cuoco Contadino , which follows Italian chef Paolo Masieri,

3360-574: The film, reuniting from Guadagnino's A Bigger Splash . Shooting began in Italy in October 2016, and concluded on 10 March 2017, in Berlin. Suspiria premiered at the 75th Venice Film Festival and polarized critics. In January 2019, it was announced Guadagnino had directed The Staggering Girl a short film, starring Julianne Moore , Kyle MacLachlan , Marthe Keller , KiKi Layne , Mia Goth and Alba Rohrwacher . The 35-minute short premiered during

3430-540: The films cited as his early influences include Psycho (1960), Suspiria (1977) and Starman (1984). He also developed a particular fondness for the films of Ingmar Bergman . As a teenager, Guadagnino was a registered member of the Italian Communist Party , and wrote for the Palermo youth wing newspaper. He resigned his membership after a dispute with the newspaper editor, over the content of one of his interviews. Guadagnino studied literature at

3500-404: The films  I Am Love (2009), A Bigger Splash (2015), and Call Me by Your Name (2017). The latter brought him international recognition. Suspiria (2018), a remake of the 1977 film , was Guadagnino's first foray into the horror genre. It was a box office failure and polarized critics. Guadagnino's next projects were We Are Who We Are (2020), a coming-of-age miniseries for HBO ,

3570-567: The jury for Louis Vuitton 's Journey Awards in 2012, an international competition dedicated to young filmmakers. He also participated as a jury member in the first edition of Fashion Film Festival Milano in 2014, chaired by Franca Sozzani , chief editor of Vogue Italia . In December 2011, he made his debut as an opera director with Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Italy. Guadagnino cited seeing

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3640-574: The liberal advocacy group People for the American Way . The spots , titled "Eggs", "Music", and "Sports", were produced by Norman Lear and featured Muhammad Ali , Carol Burnett , and Goldie Hawn celebrating Freedom of Expression . In 1985, he directed a video for Artists United Against Apartheid . The short, featured various international musicians including Afrika Bambaataa , Rubén Blades , Jimmy Cliff , Herbie Hancock , Little Steven , Run–D.M.C. , and Bruce Springsteen , calling for

3710-557: The petition argued would undermine the tradition of film festivals as a place for works to be shown "freely and safely", and that arresting filmmakers traveling to neutral countries could open the door "for actions of which no-one can know the effects." Demme was an avid collector and devotee of Haitian art , in particular of Hector Hyppolite - so much so that he called it "an addiction". In 2014, he held an auction in Philadelphia selling thousands from his collection, much of which

3780-606: The production company Frenesy Film Company . He also produced Belluscone: A Sicilian Story (2014), The Truffle Hunters (2020), Salvatore: The Shoemaker of Dreams (2020), Holiday , and Enea (2023). Guadagnino was born on 10 August 1971 in Palermo . His Algerian mother grew up in Casablanca , Morocco , and his Italian father was from Canicattì , Sicily . Guadagnino spent his early childhood in Ethiopia , where his father taught history and Italian literature at

3850-402: The rational world but is always temporary, as well as that, "Desire in eroticism is the desire that triumphs over the taboo. It presupposes man in conflict with himself". For Bataille, as well as many French theorists, "Eroticism, unlike simple sexual activity, is a psychological quest...eroticism is assenting to life even in death". Queer theory and LGBTQ studies consider the concept from

3920-476: The readers. Because eroticism is wholly dependent on the viewer's culture and personal tastes pertaining to what, exactly, defines the erotic, critics have often confused eroticism with pornography , with anti-pornography activist Andrea Dworkin saying, "Erotica is simply high-class pornography; better produced, better conceived, better executed, better packaged, designed for a better class of consumer." This confusion, as Lynn Hunt writes, "demonstrate[s]

3990-415: The romantic horror film Bones and All (2022), and the romantic sports film Challengers (2024). Guadagnino directed several documentaries including Bertolucci on Bertolucci (2013) and Salvatore: The Shoemaker of Dreams (2020). Aside from filmmaking, he has been involved in the world of fashion, directing advertisements for brands like Fendi and Salvatore Ferragamo . In 2012, Guadagnino founded

4060-652: The short won the Pianifica prize at the Locarno Film Festival, received a special mention at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011, was nominated for Best Short Film at the European Film Awards, and won the prize for Best Director of a Short Film at the Nastri d'Argento. Two years later he produced Edoardo Gabbriellini 's feature film The Landlords , presented at the Locarno Film Festival . In 2015, Guadagnino produced Filomarino's debut feature film Antonia ,

4130-581: The signing of Demme to direct the Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell star vehicle Swing Shift (1984). Intended as a prestige picture for Warner Bros. as well as a major commercial vehicle for Demme, it instead became a troubled production due to the conflicting visions of Demme and star Hawn. Demme ended up renouncing the finished product, and when the film was released in May 1984, it was generally panned by critics and neglected by moviegoers. After Swing Shift , Demme stepped back from Hollywood to make

4200-494: The sports drama film Challengers , starring Zendaya , Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist . It was filmed in Boston in 2022 and was released in the United States on April 26, 2024, being acclaimed by critics and grossing over $ 90 million worldwide. That same year he produced Giovanni Tortorici's Diciannove and Dea Kulumbegashvili 's April . April premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival , where it competed for

4270-597: The thriller After the Hunt , written by Nora Garrett and starring Julia Roberts , for Amazon MGM Studios and Imagine Entertainment . Principal photography began on July 6, 2024 in London and Cambridge University . He will also serve as producer on Hailey Gates ' directorial feature debut Atropia , which finished shooting in July 2023, under his Frenesy banner. Guadagnino is attached to direct multiple projects including

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4340-495: The unstoppable cheerleader for anyone creative. Just as passionate about music as he was about art, he was and will always be a champion of the soul. JD, most beloved, something wild, brother of love, director of the lambs. Love that guy. Love him so much." Director Brady Corbet dedicated his 2018 film Vox Lux to Demme's memory, as did Luca Guadagnino with his 2018 film Suspiria and Paul Thomas Anderson with his 2017 film Phantom Thread starring Daniel Day Lewis . Demme

4410-457: Was an American filmmaker, whose career directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and television productions. He was an Academy Award and a Directors Guild of America Award winner, and received nominations for a BAFTA Award , a Golden Globe Award , and three Independent Spirit Awards . Beginning his career under B-movie producer Roger Corman , Demme made his directorial debut with

4480-524: Was donated to a cultural center in Port-au-Prince . Demme died at his home in Manhattan on April 26, 2017, from complications from esophageal cancer and heart disease ; he was 73. "I am heart-broken to lose a friend, a mentor, a guy so singular and dynamic you'd have to design a hurricane to contain him. Jonathan was as quirky as his comedies and as deep as his dramas. He was pure energy,

4550-470: Was entering final negotiations to direct a "new interpretation" of Bret Easton Ellis 's 1991 novel, American Psycho , with Scott Z. Burns adapting for Lionsgate. Guadagnino has served twice on the jury of the Torino Film Festival : in 2003 for the short flm section and in 2006 for the official jury. In 2010, he was a member of the Venice Film Festival. In 2011, he served as president of

4620-800: Was known for his dramatic close-ups in films. This style of close-ups involves the character looking directly into the camera during crucial moments. According to Demme, this was done to put the viewer into the character's shoes. Beginning with Rachel Getting Married (2008), Demme adopted a documentary style of filmmaking. He was known for his use of recurring supporting players, including Charles Napier , Harry Northup , Tracey Walter , Ann Dowd , LisaGay Hamilton , Kimberly Elise , Paul Lazar, Ron Vawter , Dean Stockwell , Obba Babatundé , Ted Levine , Paul Le Mat , Mary Steenburgen , Jason Robards , Scott Glenn , and his former producer Roger Corman , as well as casting musicians and bands in roles. These included Sister Carol , Chris Isaak , Tunde Adebimpe ,

4690-502: Was married twice. His first marriage to Evelyn Purcell ended in divorce. In 1987, he married artist Joanne Howard, with whom he had three children. He was the uncle of film director Ted Demme , who died in 2002. Demme's cousin was the Rev. Robert Wilkinson Castle Jr. , an Episcopal priest who appeared in some of Demme's films. Demme was a member of the steering committee of the Friends of

4760-466: Was presented at the Venice Film Festival . His second feature film, erotic drama Melissa P. starring Spanish actress María Valverde , made a successful debut the following year. In 2009, he directed, wrote, and produced the cult hit I Am Love . The first installment in Guadagnino's self-described Desire trilogy, was co-produced, and developed by Tilda Swinton—who also stars in the film—over

4830-462: Was seven. In my mind, deep emotions and visual landscapes are from Ethiopia and not Palermo or any place in Italy. I arrived in Italy as an outsider." He has also said during his youth he was an “isolated” person who was “healing” himself with cinema and “finding a lot of solace” in horror movies. Other directors Guadagnino cites as influences include Alfred Hitchcock , Jean-Luc Godard , Nagisa Oshima , Rainer Werner Fassbinder , and Douglas Sirk . For

4900-605: Was the subject of the documentary short Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory . Sacchi has appeared in three of his features and various other projects, such as the short films L'uommo risacca and The Staggering Girl , as well as in the documentary Mundo Civilizado . Rohrwacher has also appeared in The Staggering Girl as well as in the Guadagnino produced short Diarchia . Aside from starring in Call Me By Your Name and Bones and All , Chalamet also had

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