Lee Ranaldo
Biography
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
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Filmography
Acting (56)
Movies (54)
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
Peas and Carrots
2025as Lee
Velvet Suite
2023as himself
Fragments of Paradise
2022as Self
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019as Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019as Self
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019
Desolation Center
2018
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
2017as Self
Omega
2016as Self
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
2014as Himself
Sex and Broadcasting
2014as Self
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011
Daddy Longlegs
2010as Stepfather
From the Basement
2009as Self - Sonic Youth
New York Rock at the BBC
2008as Self - Sonic Youth
365 Day Project
2007as Self
Noise
2006as Self
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005as Self
Kill Your Idols
2004as Self
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2004as Self
12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
2004
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
2003as Performer
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
2002
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
2000
Record Player: Christian Marclay
2000as Himself
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
2000as Self
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
1998
Free Tibet
1998as Self - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
1998 Don't Bring A Dog
1997as Himself
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1996
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach
1995as Self
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
1995as Self
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
1995
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
1993
1991: The Year Punk Broke
1992as Self
Goo
1991as Self
Skeeno H.C. Rules
1991
Sonic Youth: 930 Club
1988
Put More Blood Into the Music
1988as Himself
Submit to Me
1986
Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
1986
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
1985
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Vinyl: An Unlikely History
as Himself
Crew (17)
Movies (17)
The System
2025Compositor
Peas and Carrots
2025Songs
Salt Marsh
2025Music
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
2021Camera Operator
The Taxidermist
2019Original Music Composer
We Still Have the Deep Black Night
2019Music Producer
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
2018Music
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010Music
DRIFT
2005Music
Demonlover
2002Original Music Composer
Things Behind the Sun
2001Original Music Composer
SubUrbia
1997Musician
Frisk
1996Original Music Composer
1991: The Year Punk Broke
1992Additional Director of Photography
Notebook
1991Director
Goo
1991Writer
Made in U.S.A.
1987Original Music Composer
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