Ruth Lawrence
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.
Personal Details
Movies (48)
Blueberry Grunt
Producer (Production)
2025
Everything Christmas
as Pastor Olivia
2023
Party Pirate
Director (Directing)
2023
Blueberries for Iris
as Grace
2023
Not Fit
Thanks (Crew)
2023
September 7, 2012
Executive Producer (Production)
2022
Under the Weather
as Jenny
2020
Little Orphans
Director (Directing)
2020
Body & Bones
as Lisa Sharpe
2019
Common Law
Producer (Production)
2019
Opioid Scare
as Connie
2019
The Cut of It
Director (Directing)
2019
Some Saturdays
First Assistant Director (Directing)
2018
Hopeless Romantic
Director (Directing)
2018
An Audience of Chairs
as Florist
2018
Te Quiero
Producer (Production)
2018
Incredible Violence
as Publicist
2018
Hunting Pignut
as Police Woman
2017
Snowstorm Roulette
Producer (Production)
2017
Waiting Outside
Co-Producer (Production)
2017
The Perfect Family
Co-Producer (Production)
2016
Crocuses
Associate Producer (Production)
2016
The Tour
as Married Woman
2015
Long Term Care
as Helen
2015
Clipper Gold
as Female
2014
The Grand Seduction
Dresser (Costume & Make-Up)
2014
Between Two Walls
Script Supervisor (Directing)
2014
Before the War
Producer (Production)
2014
Me2
Third Assistant Director (Directing)
2013
Talus and Scree
Director (Directing)
2013
Desperate Scribbles
as Schreiber
2013
Little Man
First Assistant Director (Directing)
2013
Two Square Feet
Director (Directing)
2012
Cracker Barrel
as Agnes
2012
Winners
2012
Surprise!
as Greta
2011
Snarbuckled
as Rawny Nipper
2010
Four Sisters
as Clara
2010
Contracts
as Carrie
2010
Screamers: The Hunting
as Cave Woman
2009
Cut from the Same Cloth
2009
Sweet Pickle
as Isabel
2009
Behind the Wall
as Elaine
2008
Fool Proof
as Mother on Stilts
2002
Random Passage
as Hazel Andrews
2002
The Untold Story
as Fannie McNeil
1999
The Divine Ryans
Wardrobe Assistant (Costume & Make-Up)
1999
When Ponds Freeze Over
Wardrobe Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
1998
