Ruth Lawrence
Personal Info
Known For Director
Gender Female
Place of Birth St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Ruth Lawrence
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.
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Director
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as Director
as First Assistant Director
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as Second Assistant Director
as Script Supervisor
as First Assistant Director
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as Third Assistant Director
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Actor
as Pastor Olivia
as Grace
as Genevieve Wilson
as Jenny
as Lisa Sharpe
as Connie
as Kit Rendall
as Publicist
as Florist
as Police Woman
as Married Woman
as Helen
as Female
as Schreiber
as Agnes
as Rawny Nipper
as Clara
as Cave Woman
as Isabel
as Elaine
as Hazel Andrews
as Fannie McNeil
as Counsellor
Producer
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as Production Manager
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as Co-Producer
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as Co-Producer
as Publicist
as Co-Producer
as Producer
Writer
as Writer
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as Writer
Costume & Make-Up
as Wardrobe Designer
Crew
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