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Lynne Ramsay Biography

Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Composer

Awards

  • 1997French Grand Prix-: winner
  • 1997Special Jury Award-National Competition: winner
  • 1999Golden Wave-Best Film (Meilleur Film): winner
  • 1999Sutherland Trophy-: winner
  • 1999Douglas Hickox Award-: winner
  • 1999British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1999Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
  • 1999Silver Hugo-Best Director: winner
  • 1999New Director's Award-: winner
  • 1999Grand Prix-: nominated
  • 2000Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer-: winner
  • 2000Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
  • 2000Grand Prix-: winner
  • 2000ALFS Award-British Director of the Year: winner
  • 2000FIPRESCI Prize-International Competition: winner
  • 2002Grand Prix-: nominated
  • 2002British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2002British Independent Film Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2002Award of the Youth-Foreign Film: winner
  • 2002SACD Prize-Directors' Fortnight: nominated
  • 2002C.I.C.A.E. Award-: winner
  • 2002Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
  • 2002Golden Hitchcock-: nominated
  • 2002New Generation Award-: winner
  • 2002FIPRESCI Director of the Year-: winner
  • 2004Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2004Chlotrudis Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2011Black Pearl Award-Best Narrative Feature: nominated
  • 2011Best Film-: winner
  • 2011British Independent Film Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2011British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2011Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2011Russell Smith Award-: winner
  • 2011DFCC-Best Director: nominated
  • 2011Grand Prix-Best Film: nominated
  • 2011Canvas Audience Award-: winner
  • 2011EuroCinema Hawai'i Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2011EuroCinema Hawai'i Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2011Jury Prize-Best Director: winner
  • 2011WFCC Award-Best Woman Storyteller: nominated
  • 2012AACTA International Award-Best Direction: nominated
  • 2012AACTA International Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2012EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2012EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Director: winner
  • 2012EDA Award-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2012Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
  • 2012David Lean Award for Direction-Best Director: nominated
  • 2012Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2012GAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2012IOMA-Special Prize for the Best European Film (Premio speciale al miglior film europeo): nominated
  • 2012ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
  • 2012OFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2012Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2013BAFTA Film Award-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2013Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2013CinEuphoria-Best Screenplay - International Competition: nominated
  • 2013Sleepwalkers Jury Prize-International: nominated
  • 2017Best Screenplay-: winner
  • 2017Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2017ICS Cannes Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2017Audience Award-City of Donostia Audience Award: nominated
  • 2018ASECAN Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2018BOFCA Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2018BSFC Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2018British Independent Film Award-Best British Independent Film: nominated
  • 2018British Independent Film Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2018British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2018DFCC-Best Director: nominated
  • 2018DFCC-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018Dublin Film Critics Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2018FFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2018FFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018HCA Award-Best Female Director: winner
  • 2018HCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018IGN Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2018IFJA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2018IFJA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2018ICP Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2018Halfway Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2018LAOFCS Award-Best Female Director: winner
  • 2018OAFFC Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2018The Best Film-The 50 best films of 2018 in the UK: nominated
  • 2019EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Director: nominated
  • 2019EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2019AFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2019BAFTA Film Award-Outstanding British Film of the Year: nominated
  • 2019CIFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2019Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2019Independent Spirit Award-Best Feature: nominated
  • 2019ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
  • 2019MCFCA Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2019OFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2025British Independent Film Award-Best Director, Sponsored by Sky Cinema: nominated
  • 2025Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2025NYFCO Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2025WFCC Award-Best Movie by a Woman: nominated
  • 2025WFCC Award-Best Woman Storyteller: nominated
  • 2026Girls on Film Award-Best Director: nominated