Ruth Lawrence

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

-

Place of Birth

St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

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 A...

Acting

2008

1994

Anchor Zone

as Counsellor

2002

Random Passage

as Hazel Andrews

2012

2023

Everything Christmas

as Pastor Olivia

2018

2018

2015

2019

Body & Bones

as Lisa Sharpe

2010

Snarbuckled

as Rawny Nipper

2020

2017

Hunting Pignut

as Police Woman

2010

Four Sisters

as Clara

2015

The Tour

as Married Woman

2014

Clipper Gold

as Female

2009

2013

2009

Sweet Pickle

as Isabel

2019

Opioid Scare

as Connie

1999

The Untold Story

as Fannie McNeil

2002

Fool Proof

as Mother on Stilts

2011

Surprise!

as Greta

Production

2023

Party Pirate

as Director

2014

Between Two Walls

as Script Supervisor

1998

When Ponds Freeze Over

as Wardrobe Designer

2013

Little Man

as First Assistant Director

2018

Te Quiero

as Producer

2017

Waiting Outside

as Co-Producer

2023

Blueberries for Iris

as Production Manager

2023

2018

Some Saturdays

as First Assistant Director

2018

Some Saturdays

as Producer

2017

2017

Hunting Pignut

as Co-Producer

2023

Not Fit

as Thanks

2018

2020

Little Orphans

as Director

2017

Hunting Pignut

as Second Assistant Director

2017

Hunting Pignut

as Publicist

2015

The Tour

as Producer

2009

Sweet Pickle

as Writer

2013

Talus and Scree

as Director

2013

2012

Two Square Feet

as Director

2012

2013

Me2

as Third Assistant Director

2016

The Perfect Family

as Co-Producer

2018

2014

Before the War

as Producer

2019

The Cut of It

as Director

2022

September 7, 2012

as Executive Producer

2019

Common Law

as Producer

1999

The Divine Ryans

as Wardrobe Assistant

-

Blueberry Grunt

as Producer

2016

Crocuses

as Associate Producer

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