Ruth Lawrence
Known For: Directing
Biography
Ruth Lawrence is a filmmaker based in St. John’s, NL. Ruth’s feature films include Little Orphans (Best Canadian Feature, Whistler Film Festival 2020), Hopeless Romantic (2018), and the comedy feature, Party Pirate, sold-out its opening Gala overnight at the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival in October 2023. Her documentaries A Lot of Love in the Room (2021) and Circus by Komatik (2019) have been featured on CBC Gem. She has directed, written, and/or produced on over 70 short films and webisodes. She’s writing two features, one with Sherry White and one with Emily Bridger. Ruth’s honours include the Joan Orenstein Best Actress Award, the RBC Michelle Jackson Award for Emerging Filmmaker, the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council’s Artist of the Year, the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, the YWCA Woman of Distinction, a WIFT-AT WAVE Award, the national Leslie Yeo Award for Volunteerism, and the inaugural Ross Leslie Award for her contributions to film and theatre.
Filmography
2026
- The Night Everything Changed ... (Second Assistant Director)
- Heritage Minutes: Gander and 9/11 as Librarian
- Margot ... (Producer)
2025
- Blueberry Grunt ... (Producer)
2023
- Everything Christmas as Pastor Olivia
- Blueberries for Iris as Grace
- Not Fit ... (Thanks)
- Party Pirate ... (Director)
2022
- September 7, 2012 ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- SurrealEstate as Genevieve Wilson
2020
- Under the Weather as Jenny
- Little Orphans ... (Director)
2019
- Hudson & Rex as Kit Rendall
- Opioid Scare as Connie
- The Cut of It ... (Director)
- Body & Bones as Lisa Sharpe
- Common Law ... (Producer)
2018
- An Audience of Chairs as Florist
- Te Quiero ... (Producer)
- Incredible Violence as Publicist
- Hopeless Romantic ... (Director)
- Some Saturdays ... (First Assistant Director)
2017
- Waiting Outside ... (Co-Producer)
- Snowstorm Roulette ... (Producer)
- Hunting Pignut as Police Woman
2016
- The Perfect Family ... (Co-Producer)
- Crocuses ... (Associate Producer)
2015
- Long Term Care as Helen
- The Tour as Married Woman
2014
- The Grand Seduction ... (Dresser)
- Before the War ... (Producer)
- Clipper Gold as Female
- Between Two Walls ... (Script Supervisor)
2013
- Wind Money ... (Associate Producer)
- Little Man ... (First Assistant Director)
- Desperate Scribbles as Schreiber
- Talus and Scree ... (Director)
- Me2 ... (Third Assistant Director)
2012
- Winners
- Cracker Barrel as Agnes
- Two Square Feet ... (Director)
2011
- Surprise! as Greta
2010
- Contracts as Carrie
- Snarbuckled as Rawny Nipper
- Four Sisters as Clara
2009
- Screamers: The Hunting as Cave Woman
- Cut from the Same Cloth
- Sweet Pickle as Isabel
2008
- Behind the Wall as Elaine
2002
- Random Passage as Hazel Andrews
- Fool Proof as Mother on Stilts
1999
- The Divine Ryans ... (Wardrobe Assistant)
- The Untold Story as Fannie McNeil
1998
- When Ponds Freeze Over ... (Wardrobe Designer)
1994
- Anchor Zone as Counsellor
1991
- Heritage Minutes as La bibliothécaire