# List of awards and nominations received by Lynne Ramsay

Lynne Ramsay is a Scottish filmmaker.
She is known for her short films, Gasman (1997), and her feature films Ratcatcher (1999), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), and You Were Never Really Here (2017). She has received seven British Academy Film Award nominations winning twice for Ratcatcher (1999) and Swimmer (2012). She has also received seven British Independent Film Award nominations and two Independent Spirit Award nominations. She has received four prizes at the Cannes Film Festival and her films We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) and You Were Never Really Here (2017) competed for the prestigious Palme d'Or.

## Major associations
### British Academy Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1997 | Best Short Film | Gasman | Nominated |
| 1999 | Outstanding British, Writer, Director or Producer | Ratcatcher | Won |
| 1999 | Outstanding British Film | Ratcatcher | Nominated |
| 2011 | Outstanding British Film | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Direction | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Nominated |
| 2012 | Best Short Film | Swimmer | Won |
| 2017 | Outstanding British Film | You Were Never Really Here | Nominated |

### British Independent Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Best Debut Director | Ratcatcher | Won |
| 1999 | Best Screenplay | Ratcatcher | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Director | Morvern Callar | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Screenplay | Morvern Callar | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Screenplay | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best British Independent Film | You Were Never Really Here | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Director | You Were Never Really Here | Nominated |

### Cannes Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1996 | Jury Prize Short film | Small Deaths | Won |
| 1997 | Jury Prize Short film | Gasman | Won |
| 2002 | Award of the Youth | Morvern Callar | Won |
| 2011 | Palme d'Or | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Nominated |
| 2017 | Palme d'Or | You Were Never Really Here | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Screenplay | You Were Never Really Here | Won |

### Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Best Film | You Were Never Really Here | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Best Director | You Were Never Really Here | Nominated | |

## Critics awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1997 | Atlantic Film Festival Best Short film | Gasman | Won |
| 1997 | Chicago International Film Festival Best Short film | Gasman | Won |
| 1997 | Locarno International Film Festival Best Short film | Gasman | Won |
| 1999 | Chicago International Film Festival Silver Hugo Directing Award | Ratcatcher | Won |
| 1999 | Edinburgh International Film Festival New Director's Award | Ratcatcher | Won |
| 1999 | London Critics Circle Film Award for British Director of the Year | Ratcatcher | Won |
| 2002 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association New Generation Award | Morvern Callar | Won |
| 2011 | BFI London Film Festival Best Film Award | We Need To Talk About Kevin | Won |
| 2011 | BIFA for Best Director | We Need To Talk About Kevin | Won |
| 2011 | Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Film | We Need To Talk About Kevin | Won |
| 2011 | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Russell Smith Award | We Need To Talk About Kevin | Won |
| 2011 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Film Screenplay | We Need To Talk About Kevin | Won |
| 2011 | AACTA International Award for Best Direction | We Need To Talk About Kevin | Nominated |
| 2011 | AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay | We Need To Talk About Kevin | Nominated |
| 2011 | Bodil Award for Best American Film | We Need To Talk About Kevin | Nominated |
| 2011 | London Film Critics' Circle Award for Director of the Year | We Need To Talk About Kevin | Nominated |
| 2011 | Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | We Need To Talk About Kevin | Nominated |
| 2017 | Noir Film Festival Special Jury Award | You Were Never Really Here | Won |