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.
Acted in 26
2020s
- 2025
Peas and Carrots
Lee
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
Movie
2010s
- 2019
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
Movie
- 2018
Desolation Center
Movie
- 2012
The Hardcore Collection
(archive footage)
- 2011
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
Movie
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
Movie
- 2010
2000s
- 2005
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
Movie
- 2004
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
Movie
12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
Movie
- 2003
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
Performer
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
Movie
- 2000
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
Movie
1990s
- 1998
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
Movie
- 1996
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
Movie
- 1995
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
Movie
- 1993
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
Movie
- 1991
Skeeno H.C. Rules
Movie
1980s
- 1988
Sonic Youth: 930 Club
Movie
- 1986
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
Movie
Sublapse Video Mag 1
Movie
- 1985
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
Movie
Submit to Me
Movie
No release date
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
Movie
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
Movie
Sound 15
2020s
- 2026
About Space and Depth
Music
She Put Away Her Heart in the Fridge
Original Music Composer
- 2025
Peas and Carrots
Songs
Salt Marsh
Music
2010s
- 2019
We Still Have the Deep Black Night
Music Producer
Magnolias for Jonas
Music
The Taxidermist
Original Music Composer
- 2018
- 2010
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Music
2000s
- 2005
DRIFT
Music
- 2002
- 2001
Things Behind the Sun
Original Music Composer
1990s
- 1997
- 1996
Frisk
Original Music Composer
1980s
- 1987
Made in U.S.A.
Original Music Composer
Directed 2
2010s
- 2019
Magnolias for Jonas
Director
1990s
- 1991
Notebook
Director
Camera 2
1990s
- 1992
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Additional Director of Photography
Wrote 1
1990s
- 1991
Goo
Writer
Other crew 1
2020s
- 2025
The System
Compositor
Appearances31
2020s
- 2023
- 2022
Fragments of Paradise
Self
2010s
- 2019
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
Self
- 2017
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
Self
- 2016
Omega
Self
- 2014
2000s
- 2009
From the Basement
Self - Sonic Youth
From The Basement
Self - Sonic Youth
- 2008
New York Rock at the BBC
Self - Sonic Youth
- 2007
365 Day Project
Self
- 2006
Noise
Self
- 2005
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
Self
- 2004
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
Self
Kill Your Idols
Self
- 2003
- 2000
Record Player: Christian Marclay
Himself
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
Self
1990s
- 1998
Free Tibet
Self - Sonic Youth
- 1996
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Self
- 1995
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
Self
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach
Self
- 1993
- 1992
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Self
- 1991
Goo
Self
1980s
- 1988
Put More Blood Into the Music
Himself
No release date
Vinyl: An Unlikely History
Himself
Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement
Self