Scott Beveridge

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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.

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Thomas Waugh, Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006. ISBN   9780773585287. p. 371.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Douglas Todd, "UBC's 'breeders' come out". Vancouver Sun , December 4, 1986.
  4. ↑ Sharon Kirkey, "Everyone is at risk of contracting AIDS, youth conference hears". Ottawa Citizen , May 15, 1990.
  5. ↑ Christopher Harris, "Film centre hires artistic director; Program to be more structured". The Globe and Mail , June 16, 1994.
  6. ↑ Marc Horton, "Gay film fest ranges from Wilde to Paglia". Edmonton Journal , June 16, 1995.
  7. ↑ Gordon Bowness, "A-list homosexuals". Xtra Magazine , August 25, 1999.
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