Lee Ranaldo

Acting

Lee Ranaldo

Born February 3, 1956 · Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA (age 70)

Lee Mark Ranaldo (born February 3, 1956) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as a co-founder of the rock band Sonic Youth. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Ranaldo at number 33 on its "Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list. In May 2012, Spin published a staff-selected top 100 guitarist list, ranking Ranaldo and his Sonic Youth bandmate Thurston Moore together at number 1.

Known For

Daddy LonglegsDaddy Longlegs · 2010
Daddy Longlegs
6.62010
MovieDramaComedy
After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment in New York. During these two weeks, he must figure out if he wants to act as their father or be their friend. Ultimately, their trip upstate results in complete lawlessness taking over their lives.
DemonloverDemonlover · 2002
Demonlover
5.82002
MovieDramaMystery
A French corporation goes head-to-head with an American web media company for the rights to a 3-D manga pornography studio, resulting in a power struggle that culminates in violence and espionage.
SubUrbiaSubUrbia · 1997
SubUrbia
6.21997
MovieComedyDrama
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Made in U.S.A.Made in U.S.A. · 1987
Made in U.S.A.
5.81987
MovieCrimeDrama
Two men from Pennsylvania give up hope in their small run down coal mining town, and head off in search of the beaches of California. The two steal cars as they travel across the USA and are joined by a wild young woman.
The SystemThe System · 2025
The System
5.52025
MovieDocumentary
The TaxidermistThe Taxidermist · 2019
The Taxidermist
2019
MovieDrama
A taxidermist has been living alone on an island for more than forty years, after the loss of his love. A visit from the doctor confirms his biggest fear - the life he knows is coming to an end.
Things Behind the SunThings Behind the Sun · 2001
Things Behind the Sun
6.02001
MovieDramaMusic
A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.
DRIFTDRIFT · 2005
DRIFT
2005
Movie
DRIFT is a collaboration started in 1991 between visual artist Leah Singer and musician and poet Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. DRIFT is an immersive sonic/visual environment consisting of music, sounds and texts by Ranaldo in response to two 16mm analytical film projectors performed in real time by Singer. Much as a DJ scratches a vinyl record, Singer manipulates her films in a live improvisation with Ranaldo's guitar, poetry and soundscapes.

Filmography

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Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY UndergroundBarbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground · 2018
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
2018
MovieDocumentary
The 29-minute experimental film Christmas on Earth caused a sensation when it first screened in New York City in 1964. Its orgy scenes, double projections and overlapping images shattered artistic conventions and announced a powerful new voice in the city's underground film scene. All the more remarkable, that vision belonged to a teenager, 18-year-old Barbara Rubin. A Zelig of the '60s, she introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan to Kabbalah and bewitched Allen Ginsberg. The same unbridled creativity that inspired her to make films when women simply didn't, saw her breach yet another male domain, Orthodox Judaism, before her mysterious death at 35. Lifelong friend Jonas Mekas saved all her letters, creating a rich archive that filmmaker Chuck Smith carefully sculpts into this fascinating portrait of a nearly forgotten artist. An avante-garde maverick, a rebel in a man's world, Barbara Rubin regains her rightful place in film history.

Music