Ruth Lawrence
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing11
movieParty Pirate
2023
Director
movieLittle Orphans
2020
Director
movieSome Saturdays
2018
First Assistant Director
movieHopeless Romantic
2018
Director
movieHunting Pignut
2017
Second Assistant Director
movieBetween Two Walls
2014
Script Supervisor
Me2
2013
Third Assistant Director
movieLittle Man
2013
First Assistant Director
Acting28
movieEverything Christmas
2023
Pastor Olivia
tvSurrealEstate
2021
Genevieve Wilson
movieBody & Bones
2019
Lisa Sharpe
tvHudson & Rex
2019
Kit Rendall
movieIncredible Violence
2018
Publicist
movieHunting Pignut
2017
Police Woman
The Tour
2015
Married Woman
movieClipper Gold
2014
Female
movieSnarbuckled
2010
Rawny Nipper
movieScreamers: The Hunting
2009
Cave Woman
movieSweet Pickle
2009
Isabel
movieBehind the Wall
2008
Elaine
Fool Proof
2002
Mother on Stilts
movieRandom Passage
2002
Hazel Andrews
movieThe Untold Story
1999
Fannie McNeil
movieAnchor Zone
1994
Counsellor
Production14
movieBlueberry Grunt
2025
Producer
movieBlueberries for Iris
2023
Producer, Production Manager
movieSeptember 7, 2012
2022
Executive Producer
Common Law
2019
Producer
movieSome Saturdays
2018
Producer
movieTe Quiero
2018
Producer
movieHunting Pignut
2017
Co-Producer, Publicist
movieSnowstorm Roulette
2017
Producer
movieWaiting Outside
2017
Co-Producer
movieThe Perfect Family
2016
Co-Producer
movieCrocuses
2016
Associate Producer
The Tour
2015
Producer
movieWind Money
2013
Associate Producer
Writing4
Costume & Make-Up3
movieThe Grand Seduction
2014
Dresser
movieThe Divine Ryans
1999
Wardrobe Assistant
movieWhen Ponds Freeze Over
1998
Wardrobe Designer
Crew1
Not Fit
2023
Thanks