Question 1

True or false: His film 'Call Me by Your Name' was shot entirely in the United States.

Accepted Answer

False. It was filmed in Crema, Italy, and other locations in the Lombardy region, not the US.

Question 2

True or false: He directed the music video for Madonna's song 'Hung Up'.

Accepted Answer

False. That video was directed by Johan Renck. Guadagnino did direct a Madonna perfume commercial, but not that video.

Question 3

True or false: He has a cameo as a background extra in 'Suspiria' (2018).

Accepted Answer

True. He appears briefly as a dancer in the opening sequence, though it's easy to miss.

Question 4

True or false: Guadagnino produced the 2023 horror film 'Bones and All'.

Accepted Answer

False. He directed 'Bones and All', but did not produce it—the producers included other figures like Zendaya's team.

Question 5

True or false: Luca Guadagnino originally studied art history before becoming a filmmaker.

Accepted Answer

True. He earned a degree in art history at the University of Palermo, which deeply influences his visual style.

Question 6

True or false: He once worked as a film critic for a major Italian newspaper.

Accepted Answer

True. Before directing, he wrote film reviews for the Italian newspaper 'Il Riformista' and other outlets.

Question 7

True or false: Guadagnino is a trained chef and once considered opening a restaurant.

Accepted Answer

True. He loves cooking and even hosted a food documentary series, but chose film over professional cooking.

Question 8

True or false: Guadagnino's first feature film was a documentary about soccer.

Accepted Answer

False. His debut feature was 'The Protagonists' (1999), a fiction film about a murder trial, not a soccer doc.

Luca Guadagnino Trivia Questions