Ruth Lawrence
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.
Behind the Wall
(Elaine)
Anchor Zone
(Counsellor)
Random Passage
(Hazel Andrews)
Cut from the Same Cloth
Cracker Barrel
(Agnes)
Everything Christmas
(Pastor Olivia)
Blueberries for Iris
(Grace)
An Audience of Chairs
(Florist)
Incredible Violence
(Publicist)
Long Term Care
(Helen)
Body & Bones
(Lisa Sharpe)
Snarbuckled
(Rawny Nipper)
Under the Weather
(Jenny)
Hunting Pignut
(Police Woman)
Four Sisters
(Clara)
The Tour
(Married Woman)
Clipper Gold
(Female)
Screamers: The Hunting
(Cave Woman)
Desperate Scribbles
(Schreiber)
Sweet Pickle
(Isabel)
Winners
Opioid Scare
(Connie)
Untold Story
(Fannie McNeil)
Hudson & Rex
(Kit Rendall)
SurrealEstate
(Genevieve Wilson)
Party Pirate
(Director)
Between Two Walls
(Script Supervisor)
When Ponds Freeze Over
(Wardrobe Designer)
Little Man
(First Assistant Director)
Te Quiero
(Producer)
Waiting Outside
(Co-Producer)
Blueberries for Iris
(Production Manager)
Blueberries for Iris
(Producer)
Some Saturdays
(Producer)
Some Saturdays
(First Assistant Director)
Snowstorm Roulette
(Producer)
Hunting Pignut
(Co-Producer)
Not Fit
(Thanks)
Hopeless Romantic
(Director)
Little Orphans
(Director)
Hunting Pignut
(Second Assistant Director)
Hunting Pignut
(Publicist)
The Tour
(Producer)
Sweet Pickle
(Writer)
Talus and Scree
(Director)
Talus and Scree
(Writer)
Two Square Feet
(Director)
Two Square Feet
(Writer)
Me2
(Third Assistant Director)
The Perfect Family
(Co-Producer)
Hopeless Romantic
(Writer)