Director

Ruth Lawrence

Directing

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 20

TMDB ID: 1670066

IMDb ID: nm0493007

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1994 - 2025

Years active: 32

Average TMDB rating: 6.2

Wikidata: Q137475831

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Director (4)First Assistant Director (1)Producer (5)Co-Producer (3)Associate Producer (1)Dresser (1)Executive Producer (1)Production Manager (1)Script Supervisor (1)Wardrobe Assistant (1)

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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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