Scott Beveridge (born 1964) is a Canadian independent film director and video artist, who was one of the key figures in LGBTQ art in Canada in the 1990s.[1] He is most noted for his 1999 short film Quiver, which premiered at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] and was one of the winners of the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2000 Inside Out Film and Video Festival.
A graduate of the University of British Columbia, where he was active with the student gay and lesbian group,[3] he later worked as an HIV/AIDS educator and outreach worker.[4] He began making video art with the filmmaking collective Vtape in the 1990s, and studied at the Canadian Film Centre.[5]
He first became widely known for his 1993 film When You Name Me, about anti-gay violence.[6] It was typically reported in this era that Beveridge's short films were all entirely self-funded.[1]
Quiver starred journalist Gerald Hannon in a sexually explicit short film about S&M.[7]
Films
- Untitled (1992)
- When You Name Me (1993)
- Taking Control (1994)
- What's His Face (1995)
- For Madness Is Freedom in Prison (1996)
- Quiver (1999)
- Odessa (2000)
References
- Thomas Waugh, Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006. ISBN 9780773585287. p. 371.
- Peter Howell, "Toronto International Film Festival Going long on shorts ; To make a memorable short film, you've got to pull out all the stops -- and that's where Canadians are tops". Toronto Star, September 4, 1999.
- Douglas Todd, "UBC's 'breeders' come out". Vancouver Sun, December 4, 1986.
- Sharon Kirkey, "Everyone is at risk of contracting AIDS, youth conference hears". Ottawa Citizen, May 15, 1990.
- Christopher Harris, "Film centre hires artistic director; Program to be more structured". The Globe and Mail, June 16, 1994.
- Marc Horton, "Gay film fest ranges from Wilde to Paglia". Edmonton Journal, June 16, 1995.
- Gordon Bowness, "A-list homosexuals". Xtra Magazine, August 25, 1999.