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Lynne Ramsay

Awards

Lynne Ramsay

41 wins & 71 nominations

Atlantic Film Festival

  • Gasman (1998)
    1998 Winner International Award
    • Best International Short Film or Video
    • Gasman

Bodil Awards

  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2013 Nominee Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here

Bratislava International Film Festival

  • Morvern Callar (2002)
    2002 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Morvern Callar
  • Ratcatcher (1999)
    2000 Winner Grand Prix
    • Ratcatcher

Brest European Short Film Festival

  • Kill the Day (1996)
    1997 Winner French Grand Prix
    • Kill the Day

BAFTA Awards

  • Jennifer Lawrence in Die My Love (2025)
    2026 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Outstanding British Film of the Year
    • Die My Love
    Shared with: Martin Scorsese · Jennifer Lawrence · Justine Ciarrocchi · Andrea Calderwood · Enda Walsh · Alice Birch
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2019 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Outstanding British Film of the Year
    • You Were Never Really Here
    Shared with: Rosa Attab · Pascal Caucheteux · James Wilson
  • Tom Litten in Swimmer (2012)
    2013 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Swimmer
    Shared with: Peter Carlton · Diarmid Scrimshaw
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2012 Nominee Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Shared with: Luc Roeg · Jennifer Fox · Robert Salerno · Rory Stewart Kinnear
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2012 Nominee David Lean Award for Direction
    • Best Director
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin

BAFTA Awards, Scotland

  • Gasman (1998)
    1997 Winner BAFTA Scotland Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Gasman
    Shared with: Gavin Emerson

British Independent Film Awards

  • Jennifer Lawrence in Die My Love (2025)
    2025 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best Director, Sponsored by Sky Cinema
    • Die My Love
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • You Were Never Really Here
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best British Independent Film
    • You Were Never Really Here
    Shared with: Rosa Attab · Pascal Caucheteux · James Wilson · Rebecca O'Brien
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2011 Winner British Independent Film Award
    • Best Director
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin

Cannes Film Festival

  • Jennifer Lawrence in Die My Love (2025)
    2025 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Die My Love
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2017 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • You Were Never Really Here
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2017 Winner Best Screenplay
    • You Were Never Really Here
    Tied with Yorgos Lanthimos for The Killing of A Sacred Deer
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2011 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
  • Morvern Callar (2002)
    2002 Winner Award of the Youth
    • Foreign Film
    • Morvern Callar

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Morvern Callar (2002)
    2002 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Morvern Callar
  • Ratcatcher (1999)
    1999 Winner Silver Hugo
    • Best Director
    • Ratcatcher
  • Gasman (1998)
    1998 Winner Gold Plaque
    • Best Narrative Short Film
    • Gasman

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

  • Kill the Day (1996)
    1997 Winner Special Jury Award
    • National Competition
    • Kill the Day

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2011 Winner Russell Smith Award
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin

Dinard British Film Festival

  • Morvern Callar (2002)
    2002 Nominee Golden Hitchcock
    • Morvern Callar

Edinburgh International Film Festival

  • Ratcatcher (1999)
    1999 Winner New Director's Award
    • Ratcatcher

Evening Standard British Film Awards

  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2012 Winner Evening Standard British Film Award
    • Best Film
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2011 Winner Canvas Audience Award
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2011 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Best Film
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
  • Ratcatcher (1999)
    1999 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Ratcatcher

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 2nd Place FFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Nominee FFCC Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • You Were Never Really Here

Hawaii International Film Festival

  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2011 Winner EuroCinema Hawai'i Award
    • Best Film
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2011 Winner EuroCinema Hawai'i Award
    • Best Director
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2019 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Feature
    • You Were Never Really Here
    Shared with: Rosa Attab · Pascal Caucheteux · Rebecca O'Brien · James Wilson
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2019 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here

Locarno Film Festival

  • Gasman (1998)
    1998 Winner Leopards of Tomorrow - Best Film
    • Gasman

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2019 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • You Were Never Really Here
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2012 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
  • Ratcatcher (1999)
    2000 Winner ALFS Award
    • British Director of the Year
    • Ratcatcher

BFI London Film Festival

  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2011 Winner Best Film
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Morvern Callar (2002)
    2002 Winner New Generation Award
    • Morvern Callar

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2019 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2012 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Shared with: Rory Stewart Kinnear

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2017 Nominee Audience Award
    • City of Donostia Audience Award
    • You Were Never Really Here
  • Morvern Callar (2002)
    2002 Winner FIPRESCI Director of the Year
    • Morvern Callar

Writers' Guild of Great Britain

  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2012 Winner Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Shared with: Rory Stewart Kinnear

Riga International Film Forum 'Arsenals'

  • Ratcatcher (1999)
    2000 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • International Competition
    • Ratcatcher
    For a fresh and truthful debut showing how a young boy's soul matures in a harsh world.

Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema

  • Ratcatcher (1999)
    1999 Winner Golden Wave
    • Best Film (Meilleur Film)
    • Ratcatcher

Côté Court Festival

  • Gasman (1998)
    1998 Nominee Grand Prix
    • International
    • Gasman

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Morvern Callar (2002)
    2004 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • Morvern Callar
  • Morvern Callar (2002)
    2004 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Morvern Callar
    Shared with: Liana Dognini

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2019 Nominee AFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here

Dublin International Film Festival

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Winner Dublin Film Critics Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • You Were Never Really Here

British Film Institute Awards

  • Ratcatcher (1999)
    1999 Winner Sutherland Trophy
    • Ratcatcher

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

  • Tom Litten in Swimmer (2012)
    2013 Nominee Sleepwalkers Jury Prize
    • International
    • Swimmer
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2011 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Director
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2019 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
    • Best Woman Director
    • You Were Never Really Here
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2019 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
    • Best Woman Screenwriter
    • You Were Never Really Here
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2012 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Shared with: Rory Stewart Kinnear
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2012 Winner EDA Female Focus Award
    • Best Woman Director
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2012 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
    • Best Woman Screenwriter
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Shared with: Rory Stewart Kinnear

New York Film Critics, Online

  • Jennifer Lawrence in Die My Love (2025)
    2025 Nominee NYFCO Award
    • Best Director
    • Die My Love

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 2nd Place IFJA Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Nominee IFJA Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 2nd Place DFCC
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here
    2nd place
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 3rd Place DFCC
    • Best Screenplay
    • You Were Never Really Here
    3rd place
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2011 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Director
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
    9th place

IGN Summer Movie Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Nominee IGN Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2013 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Screenplay - International Competition
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Shared with: Rory Stewart Kinnear

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)

  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2012 Nominee GAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin

Boston Online Film Critics Association

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Winner BOFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here

Abu Dhabi Film Festival

  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2011 Nominee Black Pearl Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2012 Nominee IOMA
    • Special Prize for the Best European Film (Premio speciale al miglior film europeo)
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Jennifer Lawrence in Die My Love (2025)
    2025 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Movie by a Woman
    • Die My Love
  • Jennifer Lawrence in Die My Love (2025)
    2025 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Woman Storyteller
    • Die My Love
    Shared with: Enda Walsh · Alice Birch
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2011 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Woman Storyteller
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Nominee Halfway Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 3rd Place ICP Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here
    -Third Place

ASECAN

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Nominee ASECAN Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • You Were Never Really Here

AACTA International Awards

  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2012 Nominee AACTA International Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Shared with: Rory Stewart Kinnear
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
    2012 Nominee AACTA International Award
    • Best Direction
    • We Need to Talk About Kevin

Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2019 Nominee CIFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here

Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Winner LAOFCS Award
    • Best Female Director
    • You Were Never Really Here

Music City Film Critics' Association Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2019 Winner MCFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here

Online Association of Female Film Critics

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Winner OAFFC Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here
    Tied with Alfonso Cuarón for Roma (2018).

International Cinephile Society (ICS) Cannes Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2017 Winner ICS Cannes Award
    • Best Director
    • You Were Never Really Here
    Tied with Todd Haynes for Wonderstruck (2017)

Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Nominee HCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • You Were Never Really Here
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Winner HCA Award
    • Best Female Director
    • You Were Never Really Here

Girls on Film Awards

  • Jennifer Lawrence in Die My Love (2025)
    2026 Nominee Girls on Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Die My Love

The Guardian's Best Films

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    2018 Nominee The Best Film
    • The 50 best films of 2018 in the UK
    • You Were Never Really Here
    14th place

VHS Awards

  • Jennifer Lawrence in Die My Love (2025)
    2025 Nominee VHS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Die My Love
    Shared with: Enda Walsh · Alice Birch
  • Jennifer Lawrence in Die My Love (2025)
    2025 2nd Place VHS Award
    • Best Director
    • Die My Love
    2nd place

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