Director
Ruth Lawrence
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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.
Often works with
Des Walsh
6 titles together
Hunting Pignut, Little Orphans, Under the Weather
Bridget Wareham
3 titles together
Hudson & Rex, Hunting Pignut, Under the Weather
Patricia Andrews
3 titles together
Hudson & Rex, Little Orphans, Party Pirate
Allison Moira Kelly
3 titles together
Incredible Violence, Hunting Pignut, Winners
Joel Thomas Hynes
3 titles together
Hunting Pignut, Body & Bones, Party Pirate
Luke Lawrence
3 titles together
Little Orphans, Party Pirate, Snarbuckled
Full filmography · 23
Everything Christmas
as Pastor Olivia
2023
Party Pirate
Director
2023
Blueberries for Iris
as Grace
2023
Under the Weather
as Jenny
2020
Little Orphans
Director
2020
Body & Bones
as Lisa Sharpe
2019
Hopeless Romantic
Director and Writer
2018
An Audience of Chairs
as Florist
2018
Incredible Violence
as Publicist
2018
Hunting Pignut
as Police Woman
2017
Long Term Care
as Helen
2015
Clipper Gold
as Female
2014