Ruth Lawrence
Directing
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.
Filmography
Blueberry Grunt
2025 · Movie
Everything Christmas
2023 · Movie
Party Pirate
2023 · Movie
Blueberries for Iris
2023 · Movie
Not Fit
2023 · Movie
September 7, 2012
2022 · Movie
SurrealEstate
2021 · Series
Under the Weather
2020 · Movie
Little Orphans
2020 · Movie
Body & Bones
2019 · Movie
Common Law
2019 · Movie
Opioid Scare
2019 · Movie
Hudson & Rex
2019 · Series
The Cut of It
2019 · Movie
Some Saturdays
2018 · Movie
Hopeless Romantic
2018 · Movie
An Audience of Chairs
2018 · Movie
Te Quiero
2018 · Movie
Incredible Violence
2018 · Movie
Hunting Pignut
2017 · Movie
Snowstorm Roulette
2017 · Movie
Waiting Outside
2017 · Movie
The Perfect Family
2016 · Movie
Crocuses
2016 · Movie
The Tour
2015 · Movie
Long Term Care
2015 · Movie
Clipper Gold
2014 · Movie
The Grand Seduction
2014 · Movie
Before the War
2014 · Movie
Between Two Walls
2014 · Movie
Wind Money
2013 · Movie
Me2
2013 · Movie
Talus and Scree
2013 · Movie
Desperate Scribbles
2013 · Movie
Little Man
2013 · Movie
Two Square Feet
2012 · Movie
Cracker Barrel
2012 · Movie
Winners
2012 · Movie
Surprise!
2011 · Movie
Snarbuckled
2010 · Movie
Contracts
2010 · Movie
Four Sisters
2010 · Movie
Screamers: The Hunting
2009 · Movie
Sweet Pickle
2009 · Movie
Cut from the Same Cloth
2009 · Movie
Behind the Wall
2008 · Movie
Fool Proof
2002 · Movie
Random Passage
2002 · Movie
The Divine Ryans
1999 · Movie
The Untold Story
1999 · Movie
When Ponds Freeze Over
1998 · Movie
Anchor Zone
1994 · Movie