ABOUT

DEVAN SCOTT

Devan Scott is a filmmaker, cinematographer, colourist, educator, and writer whose work explores how visual form shapes emotional and sensory experience. As a cinematographer, his work has screened internationally at SXSW, the Toronto International Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, and on the Criterion Channel, among others. His writing on film, cinematography, and visual form has appeared in Filmmaker Magazine and MUBI.

Devan is particularly interested in the relationship between contemporary image-making and film history, and in developing visual and aural textures that can better express neurodivergent sensory and emotional experiences. He holds a BFA in Film Production from Simon Fraser University and teaches at the University of British Columbia, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and Emerson College.

Devan is the host of the podcasts Film Formally and How Would Lubitsch Do It , and creates independent video essays on cinematography, colour, and film form. His directorial work with frequent collaborator Willa Harlow Ross can be found through Sad Hill Media.