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.
Submit to MeSubmit to Me · 1985
Submit to Me
★ 5.21985
MovieHorror
Cinema of Transgression pioneers and participants (Lydia Lunch, Lung Leg, Nick Zedd, etc.) perform a series of acts as they submit to director Richard Kern's camera. Originally created for DTNY acid parties; Submit to Me was eventually edited down to 10 minutes and given an accompanying score.
The SystemThe System · 2025
The System
★ 5.52025
MovieDocumentary
We Still Have the Deep Black NightWe Still Have the Deep Black Night · 2019
We Still Have the Deep Black Night
★ 5.12019
MovieDrama
Karen sings and plays the trumpet in a vigorous rock band in Brasilia, but no one there is interested in it. At 27, she has lost hope in the city her grandfather helped to build. She follows in the footsteps of her ex-partner in the band, Artur, and tries her luck in Berlin.
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.
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. · 2021
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
★ 7.82021
MovieDocumentaryMusic
The American indie rock band “Dinosaur Jr.” is a radical group with an unmistakeable sound. The film tells the story the three charismatic guys in the band: J. Mascis (vocals, guitar), Lou Barlow (bass) and Murph (drums).

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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