Ruth Lawrence

Known for DirectingSt. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Divine Ryans

Hudson & Rex

Not Fit

When Ponds Freeze Over

SurrealEstate

The Grand Seduction

Everything Christmas

An Audience of Chairs

Blueberry Grunt

Screamers: The Hunting

Behind the Wall

Incredible Violence

Body & Bones

Anchor Zone

Little Orphans

Hunting Pignut

Blueberries for Iris

Party Pirate

September 7, 2012

Under the Weather

Opioid Scare

The Cut of It

Common Law

Te Quiero

Some Saturdays

Hopeless Romantic

Waiting Outside

Snowstorm Roulette

The Perfect Family

Crocuses

Long Term Care

The Tour

Clipper Gold

Between Two Walls

Before the War

Desperate Scribbles

Little Man

Talus and Scree

Me2

Wind Money

Cracker Barrel

Winners

Two Square Feet

Surprise!

Snarbuckled

Four Sisters

Contracts

Cut from the Same Cloth