Scott Beveridge

{{Short description|Canadian LGBTQ film director}} '''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.<ref name=waugh>Thomas Waugh, ''Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas''. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006. {{ISBN|9780773585287}}. p. 371.</ref> He is most noted for his 1999 short film ''Quiver'', which premiered at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival,<ref>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.</ref> 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,<ref>Douglas Todd, "UBC's 'breeders' come out". ''Vancouver Sun'', December 4, 1986.</ref> he later worked as an HIV/AIDS educator and outreach worker.<ref>Sharon Kirkey, "Everyone is at risk of contracting AIDS, youth conference hears". ''Ottawa Citizen'', May 15, 1990.</ref> He began making video art with the filmmaking collective Vtape in the 1990s, and studied at the Canadian Film Centre.<ref>Christopher Harris, "Film centre hires artistic director; Program to be more structured". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 16, 1994.</ref>

He first became widely known for his 1993 film ''When You Name Me'', about anti-gay violence.<ref>Marc Horton, "Gay film fest ranges from Wilde to Paglia". ''Edmonton Journal'', June 16, 1995.</ref> It was typically reported in this era that Beveridge's short films were all entirely self-funded.<ref name=waugh/>

''Quiver'' starred journalist Gerald Hannon in a sexually explicit short film about S&M.<ref>Gordon Bowness, [https://xtramagazine.com/culture/a-list-homosexuals-47976 "A-list homosexuals"]. ''Xtra Magazine'', August 25, 1999.</ref>

==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)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0079716}}

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