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Ruth Lawrence

Ruth Lawrence

Director · St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

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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.

Directed

  1. Little Orphans (2020) — Director
  2. Party Pirate (2023) — Director
  3. Hopeless Romantic (2018) — Director
  4. Talus and Scree (2013) — Director
  5. Two Square Feet (2012) — Director
  6. The Cut of It (2019) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Screamers: The Hunting (2009) — Cave Woman
  2. Hudson & Rex (2019) — Kit Rendall
  3. SurrealEstate (2021) — Genevieve Wilson
  4. Behind the Wall (2008) — Elaine
  5. Everything Christmas (2023) — Pastor Olivia
  6. Incredible Violence (2018) — Publicist
  7. An Audience of Chairs (2018) — Florist
  8. Anchor Zone (1994) — Counsellor
  9. Hunting Pignut (2017) — Police Woman
  10. Body & Bones (2019) — Lisa Sharpe
  11. Random Passage (2002) — Hazel Andrews
  12. Cut from the Same Cloth (2009)
  13. Cracker Barrel (2012) — Agnes
  14. Blueberries for Iris (2023) — Grace
  15. Long Term Care (2015) — Helen
  16. Snarbuckled (2010) — Rawny Nipper
  17. Under the Weather (2020) — Jenny
  18. Four Sisters (2010) — Clara
  19. The Tour (2015) — Married Woman
  20. Clipper Gold (2014) — Female
  21. Desperate Scribbles (2013) — Schreiber
  22. Sweet Pickle (2009) — Isabel
  23. Winners (2012)
  24. Opioid Scare (2019) — Connie
  25. The Untold Story (1999) — Fannie McNeil
  26. Fool Proof (2002) — Mother on Stilts
  27. Surprise! (2011) — Greta
  28. Contracts (2010) — Carrie