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
2025
- Blueberry Grunt ... (Producer)
2023
- Blueberries for Iris as Grace
- Not Fit ... (Thanks)
- Party Pirate ... (Director)
- Everything Christmas as Pastor Olivia
2022
- September 7, 2012 ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- SurrealEstate as Genevieve Wilson
2020
- Little Orphans ... (Director)
- Under the Weather as Jenny
2019
- Hudson & Rex as Kit Rendall
- Opioid Scare as Connie
- Body & Bones as Lisa Sharpe
- The Cut of It ... (Director)
- Common Law ... (Producer)
2018
- Te Quiero ... (Producer)
- Hopeless Romantic ... (Director)
- Some Saturdays ... (First Assistant Director)
- An Audience of Chairs as Florist
- Incredible Violence as Publicist
2017
- Waiting Outside ... (Co-Producer)
- Hunting Pignut as Police Woman
- Snowstorm Roulette ... (Producer)
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)
- Between Two Walls ... (Script Supervisor)
- Clipper Gold as Female
2013
- Little Man ... (First Assistant Director)
- Desperate Scribbles as Schreiber
- Wind Money ... (Associate Producer)
- Talus and Scree ... (Director)
- Me2 ... (Third Assistant Director)
2012
- Cracker Barrel as Agnes
- Winners
- 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