
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.

Hudson & Rex
TV • 2019

SurrealEstate
TV • 2021

Winners
MOVIE • 2012

Behind the Wall
MOVIE • 2008

Screamers: The Hunting
MOVIE • 2009

Long Term Care
MOVIE • 2015

Random Passage
MOVIE • 2002

An Audience of Chairs
MOVIE • 2018

Anchor Zone
MOVIE • 1994

Body & Bones
MOVIE • 2019

Everything Christmas
MOVIE • 2023

Incredible Violence
MOVIE • 2018

Hunting Pignut
MOVIE • 2017

Snarbuckled
MOVIE • 2010

Under the Weather
MOVIE • 2020

Blueberries for Iris
MOVIE • 2023

The Untold Story
MOVIE • 1999

Sweet Pickle
MOVIE • 2009