Cast
Ruth Lawrence
Directing
Cast
Ruth Lawrence
Known for
Directing
From
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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.
Screamers: The Hunting
as Cave Woman
Behind the Wall
as Elaine
Random Passage
as Hazel Andrews
An Audience of Chairs
as Florist
Opioid Scare
as Connie
The Untold Story
as Fannie McNeil
Winners
Long Term Care
as Helen
Anchor Zone
as Counsellor
Incredible Violence
as Publicist
Everything Christmas
as Pastor Olivia
Fool Proof
as Mother on Stilts
Hunting Pignut
as Police Woman
Body & Bones
as Lisa Sharpe
Under the Weather
as Jenny
Snarbuckled
as Rawny Nipper
Four Sisters
as Clara
Surprise!
as Greta
The Tour
as Married Woman
Cut from the Same Cloth
Clipper Gold
as Female
Contracts
as Carrie
Cracker Barrel
as Agnes
Sweet Pickle
as Isabel
Desperate Scribbles
as Schreiber
Blueberries for Iris
as Grace