Scott Jones

Scott Jones is a filmmaker, writer, and musician who is passionate about exploring disabled narratives and creating works of art that authentically convey the complexities of living with a disability. Scott has utilized various forms of artistic expression to process his journey with disability, grief, and resilience. Scott has worked with filmmaker Laura Marie Wayne and the National Film Board of Canada to create a feature length documentary, Love, Scott (2018), on trauma in relation to small town homophobia. He is currently collaborating with playwright Robert Chafe (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland) and director Jillian Keiley (National Arts Centre of Canada) to create a play on the power and struggle of forgiveness (I Forgive You, 2022). Scott is an alumnus of the Whistler Film Festival Screenwriting Lab (2020) and the Atlantic International Film Festival Screenwriting Lab (2020), at which he won the power pitch award for his feature film script Opus 118, No. 2. Scott has numerous screenwriting projects in development, supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Toronto Arts Council, and the Harold Greenberg Fund, and he recently completed work on a proof of concept short film, Coin Slot (2022) that will premiere at the British Film Institute and the Phoenix Film Festival.