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.

Filmografi

Contracts2010 · CarrieOpioid Scare2019 · ConnieCracker Barrel2012 · AgnesHeritage Minutes: Gander and 9/112026 · LibrarianScreamers: The Hunting2009 · Cave WomanDesperate Scribbles2013 · SchreiberSurprise!2011 · GretaWinners2012 · Behind the Wall2008 · ElaineLong Term Care2015 · HelenEverything Christmas2023 · Pastor OliviaBlueberries for Iris2023 · GraceAn Audience of Chairs2018 · FloristRandom Passage2002 · Hazel AndrewsHunting Pignut2017 · Police WomanBody & Bones2019 · Lisa SharpeSnarbuckled2010 · Rawny NipperClipper Gold2014 · FemaleCut from the Same Cloth2009 · Sweet Pickle2009 · IsabelFool Proof2002 · Mother on StiltsFour Sisters2010 · ClaraThe Tour2015 · Married WomanIncredible Violence2018 · Publicist