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Lynne Ramsay

Lynne Ramsay (born 5 December 1969) is a Scottish filmmaker and cinematographer best known for the feature films Ratcatcher (1999), Morvern Callar (2002), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), You Were Never Really Here (2017), and Die My Love (2025). Her works are marked by a fascination with children, young people and mothers as well as the recurring themes of grief, guilt, death, and its aftermath.

Infobox

Born
(1969-12-05) 5 December 1969 (age 56)Glasgow, Scotland
Alma mater
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Occupations
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Years active
1995–present
Children
1
Awards
Full list

Tables

· Filmography › Feature films
1999
Role(s)
Yes
Notes
Yes
2002
Role(s)
Yes
Notes
Yes
2011
Role(s)
Yes
Notes
Yes
2017
Role(s)
Yes
Notes
Yes
2025
Role(s)
Yes
Notes
Yes
Year
Title
Director
Writer
Producer
Ref(s).
1999
Ratcatcher
Yes
Yes
No
2002
Morvern Callar
Yes
Yes
No
2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Yes
Yes
Executive
2017
You Were Never Really Here
Yes
Yes
Yes
2025
Die My Love
Yes
Yes
Executive
· Filmography › Short films
1996
Small Deaths
Role(s)
Yes
Notes
Yes
1997
Kill the Day
Role(s)
Yes
Notes
Yes
1998
Role(s)
Yes
Notes
Yes
2012
Role(s)
Yes
Notes
No
2019
Brigitte
Role(s)
Yes
Notes
Yes
Year
Title
Director
Writer
Producer
DoP
Notes
Ref(s).
1996
Small Deaths
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
1997
Kill the Day
Yes
Yes
No
No
1998
Gasman
Yes
Yes
No
No
2012
Swimmer
Yes
No
Executive
No
2019
Brigitte
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Documentary
· Reception
1999
Role(s)
85% (47 reviews)
Notes
78 (21 reviews)
2002
Role(s)
85% (87 reviews)
Notes
78 (24 reviews)
2011
Role(s)
74% (208 reviews)
Notes
68 (37 reviews)
2017
Role(s)
89% (289 reviews)
Notes
84 (41 reviews)
2025
Role(s)
74% (219 reviews)
Notes
72 (51 reviews)
Year
Film
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
1999
Ratcatcher
85% (47 reviews)
78 (21 reviews)
2002
Morvern Callar
85% (87 reviews)
78 (24 reviews)
2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
74% (208 reviews)
68 (37 reviews)
2017
You Were Never Really Here
89% (289 reviews)
84 (41 reviews)
2025
Die My Love
74% (219 reviews)
72 (51 reviews)

References

  1. Munzinger-Archiv
    https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Lynne+Ramsay/0/29361.html
  2. The Observer
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/25/lynne-ramsay-director-you-were-never-really-here-observer-interview
  3. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2025-05-20/lynne-ramsay-die-my-love-cannes-2025
  4. BAFTA Awards
    https://www.bafta.org/film/features/the-journey-lynne-ramsay-interview
  5. The Observer
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/oct/02/lynne-ramsay-interview-about-kevin
  6. Walkerart.org
    https://walkerart.org/calendar/2012/double-feature-lynne-ramsay-early-shorts-and
  7. Cannes Film Festival
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131214194206/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1996/allSelections.html
  8. Cannes Film Festival
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131214203657/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1998/allSelections.html
  9. festival-cannes.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121007165150/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5373/year/1999.html
  10. BAFTA Awards
    http://awards.bafta.org/award/2000/film
  11. The Quietus
    https://thequietus.com/culture/film/film-morvern-callar-20-anniversary
  12. Decider
    https://decider.com/2019/04/17/morvern-callar-soundtrack/
  13. The New York Times
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120115070046/http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/lynne-ramsay-is-back-finally/
  14. RogerEbert.com
    https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-2012
  15. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-dec-09-la-et-we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-20111209-story.html
  16. awards.bafta.org
    http://awards.bafta.org/award/2011/film
  17. AACTA.org
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  18. BIFA.org
    https://www.bifa.film/awards/2011/winners-nominations/
  19. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/oct/03/lynne-ramsay-moby-dick-film
  20. Variety
    https://variety.com/2023/film/global/lynne-ramsay-jennifer-lawrence-joaquin-phoenix-sandra-oh-julianne-moore-1235700347/
  21. Huffingtonpost.co.uk
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  22. Variety
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  23. Entertainment Weekly
    https://ew.com/article/2015/07/27/venice-film-festival-jury-elizabeth-banks/
  24. "Cannes: Amazon Sweeps in To Buy Joaquin Phoenix's 'You Were Never Really Here'"
    https://variety.com/2016/film/news/cannes-a24-buys-joaquin-phoenixs-you-were-never-really-here-exclusive-1201773661/
  25. IndieWire
    https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/you-were-never-really-here-how-lynne-ramsay-joaquin-phoenix-jonny-greenwood-interview-1201949627/
  26. Esquire
    https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/a16799753/joaquin-phoenix-interview/
  27. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/06/im-a-perfectionist-director-lynne-ramsay-on-delays-self-image-and-dancing-with-joaquin-phoenix
  28. Deadline Hollywood
    https://deadline.com/2017/05/joaquin-phoenix-lynne-ramsay-you-were-never-really-here-cannes-film-festival-1202103590/
  29. "Lynne Ramsay Writing an 'Epic Environmental Horror'"
    https://variety.com/2018/film/global/lynne-ramsay-environmental-horror-1203061664/
  30. IndieWire
    https://www.indiewire.com/2020/11/lynne-ramsay-stephen-king-the-girl-who-loved-tom-gordon-1234599071/
  31. IndieWire
    https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/lynne-ramsay-joaquin-phoenix-rooney-mara-polaris-1234645733/
  32. Another Magazine
    https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/15986/lynne-ramsay-interview-joaquin-phoenix-polaris-dark-slides
  33. The Saturday Paper
    https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/film/2025/10/25/filmmaker-lynne-ramsay
  34. Variety
    https://variety.com/2024/film/global/scottish-filmmaker-lynne-ramsay-reykjaviks-stockfish-fest-1235968912/
  35. "Julianne Moore & Sandra Oh Set For Lynne Ramsay's 'Stone Mattress'; Margaret Atwood Thriller Adaptation From Amazon, John Lesher, JoAnne Sellar, Studiocanal & Film4"
    https://deadline.com/2022/05/julianne-moore-sandra-oh-lynne-ramsay-stone-mattress-margaret-atwood-amazon-canne-1235026840/
  36. TheWrap
    https://www.thewrap.com/jennifer-lawrence-lynne-ramsay-die-my-love/
  37. Deadline Hollywood
    https://deadline.com/2022/11/causeway-producer-justine-ciarrocchi-interview-contenders-new-york-1235164462/
  38. Collider
    https://collider.com/small-things-like-these-screenwriter-enda-walsh/
  39. Deadline Hollywood
    https://deadline.com/2024/07/robert-pattinson-jennifer-lawrence-lynne-ramsay-die-my-love-martin-scorsese-1236017951/
  40. The Ireland Podcast
    https://www.theirelandpodcast.com/latest-podcast/episode/806f15ec/92-seamus-mcgarvey-cinematographer-part-2
  41. Die, My Love
    https://deadline.com/2024/08/lakeith-stanfield-jennifer-lawrence-die-my-love-1236037280/
  42. Kemps Film and TV Production Services Handbook
    https://www.kftv.com/news/2024/08/19/die-my-love-filming-calgary-jennifer-lawrence
  43. Deadline Hollywood
    https://deadline.com/2024/08/die-my-love-sissy-spacek-nick-nolte-join-lynne-ramsay-movie-1236072874/
  44. "Additions to the selection of the 78th Festival de Cannes"
    https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/additions-to-the-selection-of-the-78th-festival-de-cannes/
  45. Deadline Hollywood
    https://deadline.com/2025/05/jennifer-lawrence-robert-pattinson-die-my-love-cannes-mubi-1236403025/
  46. Deadline Hollywood
    https://deadline.com/2025/05/lynne-ramsay-cannes-die-my-love-postpartum-1236405403/
  47. Variety
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  48. IndieWire
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130630222130/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/lynne_ramsay_talks_her_the_lovely_bones_tilda_swinton_says_she_thinks_of_he
  49. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/may/24/natalie-portman-lynne-ramsay-western
  50. "Director Lynne Ramsay Bails Out Of 'Jane Got A Guy' Movie On First Day"
    https://deadline.com/2013/03/shocker-jane-got-a-gun-loses-director-lynne-ramsay-on-first-day-of-production-456765/
  51. "Gavin O'Connor Replaces AWOL Director Lynne Ramsay On 'Jane Got A Gun'"
    https://deadline.com/2013/03/warrior-helmer-gavin-oconnor-rides-to-rescue-on-jane-got-a-gun-457767/
  52. "Jude Law Latest To Depart Troubled 'Jane Got A Gun' Movie"
    https://deadline.com/2013/03/more-fallout-on-jane-got-a-gun-jude-law-exits-picture-457892/
  53. The Hollywood Reporter
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/jane-got-a-gun-producers-653804/
  54. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/12/lynne-ramsay-jane-got-a-gun-lawsuit-settle
  55. Far Out
    https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/lynne-ramsays-early-shorts/
  56. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/oct/31/1
  57. Criterion
    https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5551-a-life-at-the-pictures-a-conversation-with-lynne-ramsay
  58. British Film Institute
    https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/lynne-ramsay-you-were-never-really-here
  59. Ioncinema
    https://www.ioncinema.com/news/film-festivals/lynne-ramsay-die-my-love
  60. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-jan-05-la-en-indie-focus-20120105-story.html
  61. "Lynne Ramsay and the Senses of Cinema"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130621174719/http://www.hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2012janmar/ramsay.html
  62. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-lynne-ramsay-112-mins-15-2374467.html
  63. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/features/page/0,11456,1082823,00.html
  64. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian/0,,50976,00.html
  65. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/09/movies/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-with-tilda-swinton-review.html
  66. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/movies/die-my-love-review.html
  67. BBC Film
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilm/films/swimmer
  68. University of Edinburgh
    http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2013/celebrationofachievement-041013
  69. Rotten Tomatoes
    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lynne_ramsay
  70. Metacritic
    https://www.metacritic.com/person/lynne-ramsay/
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