Person

Lee Ranaldo

Acting · Born 1956-02-03 · Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA

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.

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• 2025Peas and CarrotsLee
• 2025Salt MarshMusic
• 2025The SystemCompositor
• 2025Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
• 2023Velvet Suitehimself
• 2022Fragments of ParadiseSelf
• 2021Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.Camera Operator
• 2019We Still Have the Deep Black NightMusic Producer
• 2019Swans: Where Does a Body End?Self
• 2019Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
• 2019SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover SessionsSelf
• 2019Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
• 2019The TaxidermistOriginal Music Composer
• 2018Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY UndergroundMusic
• 2018Desolation Center
• 2017Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric TrimSelf
• 2016OmegaSelf
• 2014Sex and BroadcastingSelf
• 2014Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC StudioHimself
• 2012The Hardcore Collection(archive footage)
• 2011Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
• 2011Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
• 2010William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinMusic
• 2010Daddy LonglegsStepfather
• 2009From the BasementSelf - Sonic Youth
• 2009Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelf - Musical Guest
• 2008New York Rock at the BBCSelf - Sonic Youth
• 2007365 Day ProjectSelf
• 2006NoiseSelf
• 2005DRIFTMusic
• 2005Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
• 2005We Jam Econo: The Story of the MinutemenSelf
• 2004(This Is Known as) The Blues ScaleSelf
• 2004Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
• 2004Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002)Director
• 200412 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
• 2004Kill Your IdolsSelf
• 2003Sonic Youth: Live at SoundstagePerformer
• 2003Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
• 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Musical Guest
• 2002DemonloverOriginal Music Composer
• 2001Things Behind the SunOriginal Music Composer
• 2000Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
• 2000Record Player: Christian MarclayHimself
• 2000Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic YouthSelf
• 1998Free TibetSelf - Sonic Youth
• 1998Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
• 1997SubUrbiaMusician
• 1997Don't Bring A DogHimself
• 1996Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
• 1996Tibetan Freedom ConcertSelf
• 1996FriskOriginal Music Composer
• 1995The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween SpecialSelf
• 1995Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
• 1995Sonic Youth: Blood on the BeachSelf
• 1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Musical Guest
• 1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Musical Guest
• 1993Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
• 19921991: The Year Punk BrokeSelf
• 1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf - Musical Guest
• 1991Skeeno H.C. Rules
• 1991GooSelf
• 1991NotebookDirector
• 1988Sonic Youth: 930 Club
• 1988Put More Blood Into the MusicHimself
• 1987Made in U.S.A.Original Music Composer
• 1986Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
• 1986Sublapse Video Mag 1
• 1986Submit to Me
• 1985Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
• —Vinyl: An Unlikely HistoryHimself
• —Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
• —Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
• —Sonic Youth Full Set From The BasementSelf