{{Short description|Italian actor and film director (born 1996)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Luca Luongo | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1996|12|07}} | birth_place = Naples, Campania, Italy | education = {{hlist| Sapienza University of Rome (BA) | Catholic University of Milan (MA) }} | occupation = {{hlist| Actor | director | screenplay writer | producer }} | years_active = 2017–present }} '''Luca Luongo''' (born 7 December 1996) is an Italian actor, director, screenplay writer and producer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MYmovies.it |title=Luca Luongo |url=https://www.mymovies.it/persone/luca-luongo/666329/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=MYmovies.it |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Luca Luongo - attori - filmografie |url=https://filmitalia.org/it/filmography/1/208249/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=Filmitalia |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Luca Luongo {{!}} Produzione, Attore, Sceneggiatura |url=https://www.imdb.com/it/name/nm14081725/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=IMDb |language=it-IT}}</ref>
== Biography == Luongo was born in Naples on 7 December 1996. He graduated in acting from the TeatroArte Academy of Naples in 2015, and earned a degree in Arts and Sciences of Performing Arts from the Sapienza University of Rome in 2019. He then obtained a master's degree in film production from the Catholic University of Milan and studied film directing at the CSC Lab of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-20 |title=L'ultima cosa bella, Napoli "Babilonia" nel film di Luca Luongo |url=https://www.ilmattino.it/spettacoli/cinema/film_luca_luongo_l_ultima_cosa_bellanapoli_babilonia_cast_cinema_ultime_notizie-8727009.html |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=www.ilmattino.it |language=it}}</ref>
After acting in and directing several short films, he directed and starred in the TV miniseries ''Chronicles'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guida |first=Davide |date=2022-07-13 |title=L'AQUILUS PRODUCTIONS PROMUOVE CHRONICLES AI PRO FILM AWARDS 2022 |url=https://dgnews.altervista.org/laquilus-productions-promuove-chronicles-ai-pro-film-awards-2022/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=DGNews - Il giornale della cultura e dello spettacolo |language=it-IT}}</ref> which was released on Prime Video in 2022. In 2023, he portrayed Arsène Lupin in the medium-length film ''Snowblind'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Snowblid: in arrivo su Prime Video il mediometraggio su Arsène Lupin |url=https://nuovo.cinemaitaliano.info/news/73492/snowblind-arriva-il-mediometraggio-su-arsene.html |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=nuovo.cinemaitaliano.info |language=it-IT}}</ref> which he also directed, and was once again distributed by Prime Video. He reprised the role of Lupin in the sequel ''Backfire'', set for release in 2025.
In 2025, at the age of 28, he directed and starred in the film ''The Last Beautiful Thing'', which was presented out of competition at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-24 |title=Berlinale 2025, Luca Luongo – "L'ultima cosa bella" - Effetto Notte |url=https://www.tv2000.it/effettonotte/video/berlinale-2025-luca-luongo-lultima-cosa-bella/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=www.tv2000.it |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ANSA Agenzia - L'ultima cosa bella (2025) |title=Ultime notizie Cinema: novità ed eventi - ANSA |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/cinema/film/?KEY=116846 |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ANSA.it |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/lultima-cosa-bella/ |title=L'ultima cosa bella |language=en |access-date=2025-12-04 |via=letterboxd.com}}</ref> Luongo’s debut film achieved great success with both audiences and critics,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-11 |title=L'Ultima Cosa Bella: il grido di una generazione smarrita |url=https://www.puntofamiglia.net/puntofamiglia/2025/03/11/lultima-cosa-bella_il-grido-di-una-generazione-smarrita/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=Punto Famiglia |language=it-IT}}</ref> winning several awards at national and international festivals.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8elaai5YzLI |title=L'Ultima Cosa Bella {{!}} RAI 1 {{!}} "Cinematografo" di e con Gigi Marzullo |date=2025-02-09 |last=Rai |access-date=2025-12-04 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7PHvPbOXUU |title=L'Ultima Cosa Bella {{!}} RAI NEWS 24 {{!}} "un film che è un romanzo di formazione" |date=2025-03-31 |last=Rai |access-date=2025-12-04 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Director !Writer !Producer !Notes |- |2017 |''Rhymes'' |XXX |Yes |Yes |Yes |Short-film |- |2020 |''Wrong Fires For Right Hopes'' |Tony |Yes |Yes |Yes |Short-film |- |2023 |''Snowblind'' |Arsène Lupin |Yes |Yes |Yes |Medium-length film |- |2025 |''Backfire'' |Arsène Lupin |No |No |Yes |Short-film |- |2025 |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Federico |Yes |Yes |Yes | |}
== Television == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Director !Writer !Producer !Distributor |- |2022 |''Chronicles'' |Joe |Yes |Yes |Yes |Prime Video |}
== Theatre == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Director !Venue |- |2018 |''The Trojan Women'' |Menelaus |No |''La Carrozza d'Oro'', Naples |- |2019 |''The Imbecile'' |Luca Fazio |Yes |''GTD theatre'', Naples |- |2024 |''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' |Nick Bottom |No |''La Carrozza d'Oro'', Naples |- |2025 |''Fear and Misery of the Third Reich'' |Theo |No |''La Carrozza d'Oro'', Naples |}
== Accolades, awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable" |+ List of Accolades |- !Organizations / Festivals !Year !Work !Category !Result !Ref. |- |Berlin International Film Festival |2025 |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |EFM |Official Selection |<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=20 March 2025 |title=L'ultima cosa bella, Napoli "Babilonia" nel film di Luca Luongo |url=https://www.ilmattino.it/spettacoli/cinema/film_luca_luongo_l_ultima_cosa_bellanapoli_babilonia_cast_cinema_ultime_notizie-8727009.html |access-date=21 March 2025 |publisher=ilmattino.it |language=Italian}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref name="delbecchi">{{cite web |author=Domenico Iovane |date=17 February 2025 |title="L'ultima cosa bella" del giovane regista Luongo al Festival di Berlino |url=https://www.diocesinola.it/comunicazioni-sociali/indialogoblog/post/2025/2/lultima-cosa-bella-del-giovane-regista-luongo-al-festival-di-berlino |access-date=22 March 2025 |publisher=InDialogo |language=Italian}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |- | rowspan="2" |New York International Film Awards | rowspan="2" |2025 | rowspan="2" |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Best Picture - Drama |Won | rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |title="L'Ultima Cosa Bella" trionfa ai New York International Film Awards: due vittorie per il cinema italiano |url=https://www.emme24.it/rubriche/musica-spettacoli/15918 |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=www.emme24.it |language=it}}</ref> |- |Best Actor |Nominated |- |Los Angeles Italia Film Festival |2025 |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Best Picture |Nominated |<ref>{{Cite web |title=The last beautiful thing (L'ultima cosa bella) - films ready - films & docu |url=https://filmitalia.org/en/film/1/208247/ |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=Filmitalia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Los Angeles Italia Film Festival 2025 - Film Screenings |url=https://losangelesitalia.com/screenings-eventive-org/ |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=Los Angeles Film Festival |language=it-IT}}</ref> |- |Capri Hollywood International Film Festival |2025 |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Best Picture |Nominated |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hollywood |first=Capri |date=2025-04-28 |title=L'ULTIMA COSA BELLA |url=https://capri-world.com/2025/04/lultima-cosa-bella/ |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=Capri Film Festival |language=it-IT}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |Lift-Off First-Time Filmmaker Sessions | rowspan="2" |2025 | rowspan="2" |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Best Picture |Nominated | rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barrameda |first=Connie |date=2025-06-16 |title=First-Time Filmmaker Sessions Winners |url=https://liftoff.network/ft-sessions-volume4-2025-winners/ |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=Lift-Off Global Network |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |Audience Choice Award |Won |- |Minsk International Film Festival Listapad |2025 |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Cinema of the Young Best Picture |Nominated |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Listapad - Minsk International Film Festival |url=https://listapad.org/en/ |access-date=2025-11-27 |website=listapad.org}}</ref> |- |Sweden Film Awards |2025 |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Best First Feature Film |Nominated |<ref>{{Cite web |title=SFA - 2025 nominations |url=https://swedenfilmawards.se/finalists-january-2025/ |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=Sweden Film Awards}}</ref> |- |Napoli Film Festival |2025 |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Schermo Napoli DopoFestival |Official Selection |<ref>{{Cite web |title=CinemaItaliano.info - NAPOLI FILM FESTIVAL 2025 : L'Ultima Cosa Bella al centro del DopoFestival |url=https://www.cinemaitaliano.info/news/89326/napoli-film-festival-2025-l-ultima-cosa-bella.html |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=www.cinemaitaliano.info |language=it-IT}}</ref> |- |Salerno Film Festival |2025 |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Audience Choice Award |Nominated |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salerno Film Festival - Films of SFF2025 |url=https://www.cinemaitaliano.info/conc/00342/2025/festival-internazionale-del-cinema-di-salerno.html |access-date=2025-11-27 |website=www.cinemaitaliano.info |language=it-IT}}</ref> |- |Ischia Global Film & Music Festival |2025 |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Best Picture |Nominated |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ischia Global Film Fest 2025 - Films |url=https://www.ischiaglobal.com/proiezioni-my-movies/ |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=Ischia Global Festival |language=it-IT}}</ref> |- |Ferrara Film Festival |2025 |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Premiere Autore Best Picture |Nominated |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Comune di Ferrara {{!}} Ferrara Film Festival 2025 |url=https://www.comune.ferrara.it/it/z/1296/view?modelClass=elitedivision%5Camos%5Cevents%5Cmodels%5CEvent&view=detailEvento |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=www.comune.ferrara.it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-10 |title=Dario Argento e Kabir Bedi ospiti del Ferrara Film Festival - Cinema - Ansa.it |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/cinema/2025/09/10/dario-argento-e-kabir-bedi-ospiti-del-ferrara-film-festival_895a464d-96d1-468d-a239-61e8210f3f03.html |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=Agenzia ANSA |language=it}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |Villammare Film Festival | rowspan="3" |2025 | rowspan="3" |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Best Picture |Nominated | rowspan="3" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Villammare Festival Film & Friends - 2025 |url=https://www.villammarefilmfestival.it/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |language=it-IT}}</ref> |- |Best Director |Nominated |- |Best Original Screenplay |Nominated |- |Benevento Social Film Festival Artelesia |2025 |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Best Picture |Nominated |<ref>{{Cite web |last=wp_7939226 |date=2025-08-27 |title=ELENCO DELLE OPERE SELEZIONATE IN CONCORSO |url=https://www.socialfilmfestivalartelesia.it/2025/08/elenco-delle-opere-selezionate-in-concorso-2/ |access-date=2025-11-27 |website=Social Film Festival ArTelesia |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CinemaItaliano.info - Benevento Social Film Festival Artelesia, the official selection |url=https://nuovo.cinemaitaliano.info/conc/00990/2025/selezionati/social-film-festival-artelesia.html |access-date=2025-11-27 |website=nuovo.cinemaitaliano.info |language=it-IT}}</ref> |- |Cefalù Film Festival |2025 |''The Last Beautiful Thing'' |Honorable Mention |Won |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carrella |first=Filomena |date=2025-08-09 |title=Cefalù, menzione speciale per "L'ultima cosa bella" |url=https://www.ilroma.net/news/curiosita/852287/cefalu-menzione-speciale-per-lultima-cosa-bella.html |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=www.ilroma.net |language=it}}</ref> |- |Accordi@Disaccordi Short Film Festival |2021 |''Wrong Fires For Right Hopes'' |Panorama Cinema Campano |Official Selection |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-30 |title=Anno 2021 – accordi @ DISACCORDI |url=https://accordiedisaccordi.it/anno-2021/ |access-date=2026-01-07 |language=it-IT}}</ref> |}
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{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Luongo, Luca}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Italian film directors Category:21st-century Italian male actors Category:Italian male film actors Category:Male actors from Naples Category:Sapienza University of Rome alumni Category:Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore alumni