Lynne Ramsay

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Lynne Ramsay (born December 5, 1969 in Glasgow ) is a multi-award-winning Scottish film director and screenwriter .

Life

Lynne Ramsay at the Cannes Film Festival 2013 (4th from left)

After initially wanting to be a photographer, Ramsay studied camera and directing at the renowned National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield near London. Her graduation film Small Deaths was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1996 and was awarded the Jury Prize.

In 1999, Ramsay made his feature film debut Ratcatcher , the portrait of a twelve-year-old boy who grew up in a working-class district of Glasgow in the 1970s. The award-winning film Morvern Callar with Samantha Morton in the lead role followed three years later .

Her third feature film, We Need to Talk About Kevin, about a teenage rampage based on the novel of the same name by Lionel Shriver , competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival . Tilda Swinton can be seen in the lead role , who received the European Film Award for her convincing portrayal of a traumatized mother and was nominated for a Golden Globe .

Two years later, Ramsay was appointed to the jury for the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 and in 2015 to the jury of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival .

Filmography

  • 1996: Kill the Day (short film) - director, screenplay
  • 1996: Small Deaths (short film) - director, screenplay, camera
  • 1998: Gasman (short film) - director, screenplay
  • 1999: Ratcatcher - director, screenplay
  • 2002: Morvern Callar - director, screenplay
  • 2011: We Need to Talk About Kevin - Director, Screenplay
  • 2012: Swimmer (short film) - director
  • 2017: A Beautiful Day (You Were Never Really Here) - Director, Screenplay

Awards

Cannes International Film Festival

  • 1996: Jury Prize for the best short film (Small Deaths)
  • 1998: Jury Prize for Best Short Film (Gasman)
  • 2002: CICAE Prize (Morvern Callar)
  • 2017: Best Screenplay for You Were Never Really Here

BAFTA Awards

British Independent Film Awards

  • 1999: Douglas Hickox Award for best debut film (Ratcatcher)
  • 2011: British Independent Film Award for Best Director (We Need to Talk About Kevin)

Chicago International Film Festival

  • 1998: Gold plaque for the best short film (Gasman)
  • 1999: Silver Hugo for best director (Ratcatcher)

San Sebastian International Film Festival

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lynne Ramsay and the Senses of Cinema ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Harvard Film Archive, accessed April 26, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / hcl.harvard.edu
  2. ↑ Lynne Ramsay - Biography festival-cannes.com, accessed April 26, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Ramsay, Lynne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 5th December 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow