Lynne Ramsay

Birthday: 5 December 1969, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Height: 157 cm

Lynne Ramsay was born on December 5, 1969 in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland. She is a director and writer, known for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Morvern Callar (2002) and Ratcatcher (1999). She has been married to Rory Stewart Kinnear since March 2010.

I've found that film-making's not just a job, it becomes part of your whole life.

[on We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)] My first thought was maybe Tilda [Tilda Swinton] is too extr...Show more »

[on We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)] My first thought was maybe Tilda [Tilda Swinton] is too extraordinary. But then I thought 'Well, if you look like Tilda and you're stuck in this community, it's going to be really hard to hide yourself'. Show less «

The nature/nurture argument has been going on since the beginning of time. I think it would be crass...Show more »

The nature/nurture argument has been going on since the beginning of time. I think it would be crass of me to put some big stamp on it. That's the whole provocation of the film. Show less «

...I get questions about what it's like to be a woman film-maker, and you don't get that question a ...Show more »

...I get questions about what it's like to be a woman film-maker, and you don't get that question a lot if you're a man. I don't really go there because I can't really define what I bring to films as a woman. Show less «

Sometimes people go, "Do you improvise a lot?" Well, you maybe improvise a lot beforehand to get to ...Show more »

Sometimes people go, "Do you improvise a lot?" Well, you maybe improvise a lot beforehand to get to that point, but once I'm sure of what I want to do, that's it. Show less «

Morvern Callar (2002)'s a really weird film, in a sense, where I was trying to experiment with takin...Show more »

Morvern Callar (2002)'s a really weird film, in a sense, where I was trying to experiment with taking things in a different direction, and it kind of half works and it half doesn't. And I kind of felt with that film that perhaps I should have pushed it more into the realms of black comedy, slightly. Show less «

Well, there was a lot of that kind of stuff from American agents, yeah. And through the years I've b...Show more »

Well, there was a lot of that kind of stuff from American agents, yeah. And through the years I've been sent scripts as well. But it's always all packaged and ready to go, and that just isn't me. Do you know what I mean? Show less «