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Ruth Lawrence
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), a…
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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
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Heritage Minutes: Gander and 9/11
Movie Librarian
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2026
The Night Everything Changed
Movie Second Assistant Director
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2025
Blueberry Grunt
Movie Producer
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2023
Everything Christmas
Movie Pastor Olivia
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2023
Party Pirate
Movie Director
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2023
Blueberries for Iris
Movie Grace
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2023
Not Fit
Movie Thanks
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2022
September 7, 2012
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
SurrealEstate
TV show Genevieve Wilson
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2020
Under the Weather
Movie Jenny
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2020
Little Orphans
Movie Director
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2019
Body & Bones
Movie Lisa Sharpe
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2019
Common Law
Movie Producer
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2019
Opioid Scare
Movie Connie
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2019
Hudson & Rex
TV show Kit Rendall
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2019
The Cut of It
Movie Director
More credits
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2018
Some Saturdays
Movie Producer
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2018
Hopeless Romantic
Movie Director
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2018
An Audience of Chairs
Movie Florist
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2018
Te Quiero
Movie Producer
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2018
Incredible Violence
Movie Publicist
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2017
Hunting Pignut
Movie Police Woman
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2017
Snowstorm Roulette
Movie Producer
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2017
Waiting Outside
Movie Co-Producer
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2016
The Perfect Family
Movie Co-Producer
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2016
Crocuses
Movie Associate Producer
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2015
The Tour
Movie Married Woman
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2015
Long Term Care
Movie Helen
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2014
Clipper Gold
Movie Female
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2014
The Grand Seduction
Movie Dresser
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2014
Before the War
Movie Producer
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2014
Between Two Walls
Movie Script Supervisor
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2013
Wind Money
Movie Associate Producer
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2013
Me2
Movie Third Assistant Director
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2013
Talus and Scree
Movie Director
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2013
Desperate Scribbles
Movie Schreiber
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2013
Little Man
Movie First Assistant Director
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2012
Two Square Feet
Movie Director
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2012
Cracker Barrel
Movie Agnes
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2012
Winners
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