- Lynne Ramsay
Lynne Ramsay is the Scottish director of two critically acclaimed films, "Ratcatcher" and " Morvern Callar".
Biography
Ramsay has won a
BAFTA for Best Newcomer as well as four prizes at theCannes Film Festival . In2007 , she was given the #12 spot in Guardian Unlimited's list of the world's 40 best directors working today. [ [http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/page/0,11456,1082823,00.html 40 best directors | Features | guardian.co.uk Film ] ]She was slated to direct the adaptation of
Alice Sebold 's "The Lovely Bones ", but left the project in early2004 . Her next film is an adaptation of "We Need to Talk About Kevin ",Lionel Shriver 'sOrange Prize -winning novel set in the aftermath of a high school massacre. The film is being produced byBBC Films . [cite news|first= Paul|last=Arendt|title= Ramsay needs to shoot a film about Kevin|url= http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1791183,00.html|work=The Guardian |date=2006-06-06 |accessdate= 2008-05-04]Other Work
In 2005, she directed the video for the song "Black and White Town" by the band Doves.
Personal life
Born in
Glasgow on5 December 1969 , she graduated from the UK'sNational Film and Television School in 1995.References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0708903/ Ramsay at IMDb]
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