Scott Jones is an emerging filmmaker and playwright from Nova Scotia, Canada. Scott gravitates towards forms of artistic expression that explore disabled grief, resilience, and joy and narratives that delve deeply into the human experience. Following an attack that paralyzed him, he worked with director Laura Marie Wayne and the National Film Board of Canada on an award-winning feature length documentary, LOVE, SCOTT (2018) that explores his trauma and healing in relation to homophobic violence.
This past year, Scott wrote and directed his first short film, COIN SLOT (2022), which premiered at the British Film Institute LGBTQ Flare Festival (UK, 2022) and Phoenix Film Festival (AZ, 2022), and has screened at renowned film festivals including the Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada), New York Film Week (NY, USA; FINALIST—competition currently pending), the Atlantic International Film Festival (Canada; Winner: BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT), and Kuirfest (Turkey). It was recently invited to the 2022 Bengaluru International Short Film Festival (BISFF), India’s only Oscar-Qualifying festival. The film was a finalist in its category — Inclusive Film (Fiction/Doc). Presently, Scott is developing an animated short film with poet Tanya Davis and animator Sarita McNeil (FREEDOM), which is supported by the NFB and will enter production this Fall (2022).
Scott has participated in the RespectAbility Lab for Entertainment Professionals with Disabilities (Los Angeles, 2022), Access CBC Lab for Scripted TV (Toronto, 2022), and the Whistler International Film Festival Screenwriting Lab (2020). In 2020, Scott won the Atlantic International Film Festival Screenwriter's Lab Power Pitch Award for his feature film screenplay OPUS 118, NO. 2. He has also worked as a consultant on various projects, including Stephen Dunn’s vibrant reimagining of QUEER AS FOLK (Peacock, 2022). Scott's artistic projects have been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Toronto Arts Council, Arts Nova Scotia, and the National Film Board of Canada's Filmmaker's Assistance Program.
