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Lynne Ramsay

 
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  • Born: 1969
  • Occupation: Writer, Director, Cinematographer
  • Active: '90s
  • Major Genres: Drama
  • Career Highlights: Morvern Callar, Ratcatcher, Gasman
  • First Major Screen Credit: Small Deaths (1996)

Biography

A graduate of the U.K.'s National Film and Television School, Scottish director Lynne Ramsay began her career winning two jury prizes at Cannes for her short films Small Deaths and Gasman. Often compared to other British directors like Ken Loach and Bill Douglas, Ramsay has a gritty, realistic visual style that demands attention. She takes inspiration from film scholar Robert Bresson and her love of photography to create films that rely on the power of the image to tell the story, often using still, static shots. She continued winning awards for her feature-length debut Ratcatcher, a coming-of-age tale about a boy in Glasgow during the '70s. Ramsay won a British Independent Film award for her sophomore effort Morvern Callar, which is based on a novel by Alan Warner about a girl who reinvents herself after her boyfriend's suicide. Her next proposed project would involve a collective film of erotic stories. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
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Lynne Ramsay
Born 5 December 1969 (1969-12-05) (age 39)
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Occupation film director, screenwriter
and cinematographer

Lynne Ramsay (born 5 December 1969) is an award-winning Scottish film director, best known for the feature films Ratcatcher and Morvern Callar.

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Early life

Born in Glasgow on 5 December 1969, Ramsay graduated from the UK's National Film and Television School in 1995.

Career

Ramsay won the 1996 Cannes Prix de Jury for her graduation film, the short "Small Deaths". Her second short film, "Kill the Day", won the Clemont Ferrand Prix du Jury; her third, "Gasman", won her another Cannes Prix du Jury in addition to a Scottish BAFTA for Best Short Film.

Ratcatcher (1999), Ramsay's debut feature, won critical acclaim and numerous awards. It was screened at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival[1] and opened the Edinburgh International Film Festival, winning her the Guardian New Directors prize. She also won the Carl Foreman Award for Newcomer in British Film at the 2000 BAFTA Awards, the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival and the Silver Hugo for Best Director at the Chicago International Film Festival.

Morvern Callar (2002) won Samantha Morton the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress, and Kathleen McDermott the Scottish BAFTA Award for Best Actress. It also won the 2002 C.I.C.A.E. Award and the Award of The Youth at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

Ramsay was slated to direct the adaptation of Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones, but left the project in early 2004. Her next project is the BBC Films-produced adaptation of We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver's Orange Prize-winning novel set in the aftermath of a high-school massacre.[2]

In 2007 Ramsay was rated number 12 in Guardian Unlimited's list of the world's 40 best directors working today.[3]

Music promos

Ramsay directed the promotional video for the Manchester-based indie-rock band Doves' single "Black and White Town", which was released on 7 February 2005. However, Ramsay's version was re-edited and the released version was quite a difference to her original piece.[4]

Filmography

Feature films

Shorts

  • "Black and White Town" (2005) … Director
  • "One Eye" (1997) … Cinematographer
  • "Gasman" (1997) … Writer and Director
  • "Sweet Heart" (1996) … Cinematographer
  • "Kill the Day" (1996) … Director and Writer
  • "Small Deaths" (1996) … Writer, Director and Cinematographer

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Ratcatcher". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5373/year/1999.html. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
  2. ^ Arendt, Paul; "Ramsay needs to shoot a film about Kevin" Guardian.co.uk 6 June 2006 (Retrieved: 6 July 2009)
  3. ^ "Film Features: The world's 40 best directors… 12. Lynne Ramsay" Guardian.co.uk (Retrieved: 6 July 2009)
  4. ^ "MUSC VIDEOS: Lynne Ramsay — Doves: "Black and White Town" AcademyFilms.com (Retrieved: 6 July 2009)

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