Call Me by Your Name was Ivory 's first produced screenplay since Le Divorce ( 2003 ) and the only narrative feature he has written and not directed .
Ivory became the sole - credited screenwriter ; he later sold the rights to the screenplay to Guadagnino 's company .
Call Me by Your Name was Ivory 's first produced screenplay since Le Divorce ( 2003 ) and the only narrative feature Guadagnino has written and not directed .
Ivory became the sole - credited screenwriter ; he later sold the rights to the screenplay to Guadagnino 's company .