- Jay Scott
Jay Scott was the
pen name of Jeffrey Scott Beaven (1949 —July 30 ,1993 ), a Canadianfilm critic .Born in
Lincoln, Nebraska , Scott fled to Canada in 1969 as adraft dodger . He settled inCalgary , and began writing film reviews for the "Calgary Albertan " a few years later. He won aNational Newspaper Award in 1975, and moved toToronto when he was hired by "The Globe and Mail " in 1977.With the "Globe and Mail", Scott became Canada's most influential film critic, and is still widely remembered as one of the best and most influential film critics in the history of Canadian journalism. He wrote for the "Globe and Mail" until his death of
AIDS -related causes in 1993.A collection of his reviews, "Great Scott! The Best of Jay Scott's Movie Reviews", was published posthumously in 1994. Proceeds from the book sales were donated to the
Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research .External links
* [http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2002/summer/376/ "O Critic, Where Art Thou?"] , "
Ryerson Review of Journalism ", 2002 (including extensive discussion of Scott's legacy)
* Woods, Greg [http://www.screening-room.ca/jay-scott.pdf "Thank You and Good Night"] , ("The Eclectic Screening Room, Issue #11"; remembering Jay Scott 10 years after his passing)
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