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
- Party Pirate ... (Director)
- Everything Christmas as Pastor Olivia
- Blueberries for Iris as Grace
- Not Fit ... (Thanks)
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
- Body & Bones as Lisa Sharpe
- Common Law ... (Producer)
- Opioid Scare as Connie
- The Cut of It ... (Director)
2018
- Some Saturdays ... (Producer)
- Hopeless Romantic ... (Director)
- An Audience of Chairs as Florist
- Incredible Violence as Publicist
- Te Quiero ... (Producer)
2017
- Waiting Outside ... (Co-Producer)
- Hunting Pignut as Police Woman
- Snowstorm Roulette ... (Producer)
2016
- Crocuses ... (Associate Producer)
- The Perfect Family ... (Co-Producer)
2015
- The Tour as Married Woman
- Long Term Care as Helen
2014
- The Grand Seduction ... (Dresser)
- Between Two Walls ... (Script Supervisor)
- Before the War ... (Producer)
- Clipper Gold as Female
2013
- Little Man ... (First Assistant Director)
- Me2 ... (Third Assistant Director)
- Wind Money ... (Associate Producer)
- Talus and Scree ... (Director)
- Desperate Scribbles as Schreiber
2012
- Cracker Barrel as Agnes
- Winners
- Two Square Feet ... (Director)
2011
- Surprise! as Greta
2010
- Snarbuckled as Rawny Nipper
- Four Sisters as Clara
- Contracts as Carrie
2009
- Screamers: The Hunting as Cave Woman
- Sweet Pickle as Isabel
- Cut from the Same Cloth
2008
- Behind the Wall as Elaine
2002
- Random Passage as Hazel Andrews
- Fool Proof as Mother on Stilts
1999
- The Untold Story as Fannie McNeil
- The Divine Ryans ... (Wardrobe Assistant)
1998
- When Ponds Freeze Over ... (Wardrobe Designer)
1994
- Anchor Zone as Counsellor