28 Facts About Lynne Ramsay

Lynne Ramsay was born on 5 December 1969 and is a Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer, best known for the feature films Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar, We Need to Talk About Kevin, and You Were Never Really Here.

Lynne Ramsay's works are marked by a fascination with children and young people and the recurring themes of grief, guilt, death, and its aftermath.

Lynne Ramsay's parents introduced her to movies at an early age through the work of Bette Davis, Nicolas Roeg, Alfred Hitchcock, and Michael Curtiz.

Lynne Ramsay studied fine art and photography at Napier College, Edinburgh.

In 1996 Lynne Ramsay completed her debut short film Small Deaths as her graduating film at the UK's National Film and Television School.

Lynne Ramsay is the writer, director and cinematographer for this film.

Later that same year Lynne Ramsay finished Kill the Day, her second short film.

Gasman, written and directed by Lynne Ramsay, is about a brother and sister who attend a Christmas party with their father, and encounter two other children who are strangely familiar with him.

The film was entirely made by first-time filmmakers, as Lynne Ramsay enlisted the help of her film school colleagues.

In 2001, it was announced Lynne Ramsay was slated to direct the adaptation of Alice Sebolds The Lovely Bones, which she had read in a manuscript form prior to its publication.

Lynne Ramsay's script told the story of the murder of a girl from her father's perspective.

Lynne Ramsay has described dealing with Hollywood as a "David and Goliath situation".

Lynne Ramsay recalls working together with Jonny Greenwood for the soundtrack of the movie as an especially exciting part of the process.

In 2012, Lynne Ramsay was slated to direct Jane Got a Gun, a movie about the farmer wife of an outlaw husband, who, after his gang turns on him, must defend herself with the help of an old lover.

In March 2013, Lynne Ramsay abruptly left the project due to creative differences with producers and funders, including over the latter's demand for a happy ending.

Lynne Ramsay ended up staying in Santorini for four years and in that time got pregnant with and gave birth to her daughter in Athens.

You Were Never Really Here, an adaptation of Jonathan Ames's novella of the same name, premiered to wide critical acclaim at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in 2017, where it received a standing ovation, and Lynne Ramsay won the Best Screenplay award.

Lynne Ramsay later said she "found her soulmate in making movies" in Phoenix.

In November 2020, it was announced Lynne Ramsay would be filming an adaptation of Stephen King's 1999 novel The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.

At the Valencia International Film Festival in 2021 Lynne Ramsay revealed that she was working on another movie with Joaquin Phoenix called Polaris.

In May 2022, Lynne Ramsay announced that she was working on a film adaptation of Margaret Atwood's Stone Mattress.

In November 2022, it was announced that Lynne Ramsay would be directing an adaptation of Ariana Harwicz's novel Die, My Love, which will be produced by Martin Scorsese and Jennifer Lawrence through Excellent Cadaver.

Lynne Ramsay said that Lawrence sent her a copy of the book, which is about postpartum depression and bipolar disorder, noting that the film itself would be funny, and that the movie would "probably" be her next film after the 2023 Hollywood strikes.

In 2024, Variety reported that Lynne Ramsay was writing yet another script with Townend, titled Hierarchies.

Lynne Ramsay was previously married to Rory Stewart Kinnear, a writer and musician.

Lynne Ramsay doesn't make intellectual films, but ones that are close to music, taking visuals to the point of abstraction.

In 2007, Lynne Ramsay was rated number 12 in Guardian Unlimited's list of the world's 40 best directors working at the time.

On 8 October 2013, Lynne Ramsay was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Edinburgh for her contribution to British film.