# Scott Beveridge

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Scott_Beveridge
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Scott_Beveridge.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Beveridge
> Source revision: 1310478257
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Canadian LGBTQ film director}}
'''Scott Beveridge''' (born 1964) is a Canadian independent film director and [video artist](/source/video_artist), who was one of the key figures in [LGBTQ](/source/LGBTQ) art in Canada in the 1990s.<ref name=waugh>[Thomas Waugh](/source/Thomas_Waugh), ''Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas''. [McGill-Queen's University Press](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Inside_Out_Film_and_Video_Festival).

A graduate of the [University of British Columbia](/source/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](/source/Vancouver_Sun)'', December 4, 1986.</ref> he later worked as an [HIV/AIDS](/source/HIV%2FAIDS) educator and outreach worker.<ref>Sharon Kirkey, "Everyone is at risk of contracting AIDS, youth conference hears". ''[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)'', May 15, 1990.</ref> He began making video art with the filmmaking collective [Vtape](/source/Vtape) in the 1990s, and studied at the [Canadian Film Centre](/source/Canadian_Film_Centre).<ref>Christopher Harris, "Film centre hires artistic director; Program to be more structured". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Gerald_Hannon) in a sexually explicit short film about [S&M](/source/S%26M).<ref>Gordon Bowness, [https://xtramagazine.com/culture/a-list-homosexuals-47976 "A-list homosexuals"]. ''[Xtra Magazine](/source/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)

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beveridge, Scott}}
Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:20th-century Canadian artists
Category:20th-century Canadian LGBTQ people
Category:Canadian video artists
Category:Canadian gay artists
Category:Canadian LGBTQ film directors
Category:University of British Columbia alumni
Category:Canadian Film Centre alumni
Category:Canadian experimental filmmakers

{{Canada-film-director-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Scott Beveridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Beveridge) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Beveridge?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.