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Cynthia Scott (born January 1, 1939) RCA, is an Oscar and Canadian Film Award winning filmmaker who has produced, directed, written and edited several films with the National Film Board of Canada. She is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. She is married to filmmaker John N. Smith. Her work with the NFB is mainly focused on documentary filmmaking. Some of Scott's most notable documentaries for the NFB feature dancing and the dance world including Flamenco at 5:15 (1983), which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 56th Academy Awards in 1984.

Background[edit]
Cynthia Scott was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She grew up in a self-described working-class family that fostered her creativity growing up. She studied English Literature and Philosophy at the University of Manitoba, graduating with a B.A. in 1959, at the age of 19.

Early career in media[edit]
After graduation, Scott worked at the Manitoba Theatre Centre as a second assistant director before moving to London, England where she worked as a researcher for Patrick Wilson and Douglas Leiterman on This Hour Has Seven Days. In 1965, she returned to Canada and began working as a public affairs producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television program Take 30, where she stayed for nearly a decade. Scott insists that her love for film started at a very young age. Despite her passion for filmmaking, Scott explains that she believed that director work was solely for men and that directing positions were unattainable for women [ ]. Scott gives credit to her job as an assistant to a producer at the Manitoba Theatre Centre for showing her that women could also do this work. After working in television Scott learned that her true passion was in filmmaking. Scott’s has stated that her filmmaking career began in documentaries then later on in her career her interest shifted to drama. [ ]. Scott claims that she gained the ability to produce films without experiencing gendered discrimination by creating a name for herself after winning an Oscar for her documentary flamenco at 5:15 [ ]. Scott insists that there were other filmmakers who had ideas around casting a film with only female actors however, she was the first woman filmmaker to come forward with the idea.

Filmmaking with the NFB[edit]
Scott's career took a turn in 1972 when the National Film Board of Canada hired her as a staff director. She immediately began directing, producing and sometimes writing both documentary and fiction pieces for the NFB, mainly slice-of-life documentaries with a mind for social issues. In her first year with the NFB, she directed a 26-minute documentary named The Ungrateful Land: Roch Carrier Remembers Ste-Justine (1972). Her debut directing work would then go on to win a Canadian Film Award for direction in a TV Information program. In 1976, Scott produced the controversial Barbara Greene documentary Listen Listen Listen (1976) for the NFB.

Once she had been working at the NFB for about a decade, she co-wrote, co-edited and co-produced a NFB joint project titled For The Love of Dance (1981). Over the next several years, Scott would work on several documentaries set in the dance world, including Flamenco at 5:15 (1983), which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

She also researched and co-wrote First Winter (1982), directed by John N. Smith (her spouse and fellow filmmaker), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short at the 54th Academy Awards.

During her time with the NFB scott went on to participate in  a women in the directors chair workshop in Banff, Alberta which is an intensive workshop opportunity to educate and bring women directors together [ ]

The Company of Strangers[edit]
In the late 1980s, Scott began developing a full length docufiction film with the NFB featuring eight non-actresses, all but one of whom were senior citizens. The Company of Strangers (US title: Strangers in Good Company), released in 1990, features a heavily improvised script based on the real lives of the women cast. The film was a huge success in both Canada and international markets; it became the highest grossing NFB produced film ever at the time.

While working on her film the company of strangers Scott's assistants, associate producers, writers, artists were all women. For Her 1990 film the company of strangers Scott chose to have a strictly female team in order to place emphasis on the importance of women in the film industry supporting each other. Scott claims that this team consisted of female assistants, producers, writers and artists

Flamenco at 5:15
Scott directed the short documentary film Flamenco at 5:15. The film was released in 1983. Flamenco is an Oscar award winning film that jump started Scott’s career. Flamenco at 5:15 focuses on the reality of what it is like to be inside a flamenco dance class at the National Ballet School of Canada. Flamenco at 5:15 went on to win the best short documentary award at the 56th annual Aacdemy Awards.

After career[edit]
Scott is currently[ when?] recovering from cancer. Before being diagnosed, she was in development on an adaptation of The Stone Diaries, a 1993 fictional autobiography written by Carol Shields. She has said she plans to go back into development on The Stone Diaries once her health has returned to normal.

However, in a 2004 interview with Sarah Kernochan, Scott described herself to Kernochan as "retired now". in her retirement

Scott has stated that she has taken an interest in the french language as she wishes have the ability to speak this language fluently. Cynthia and her husband John Scott have made a connection with the community of Dunany in Quebec. Scott and her husband have spent their summers residing on currant lake in Dunany, Quebec. The Dunany community organization honoured Ccott by holding an event at the community club where her Oscar winning documentary was screened.

Director filmography[edit]

 * The Ungrateful Land: Roch Carrier Remembers Ste-Justine (1972)
 * Some Natives of Churchill (1973)
 * Scoggie (1975)
 * For the Love of Dance (1981) (co-directed with John N. Smith, Michael McKennirey and David Wilson)
 * Flamenco at 5:15 (1983)
 * Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem (1985)
 * Jack of Hearts (1986)
 * The Company of Strangers (1990)

Co-writer filmography[edit]

 * First Winter (1982) (co-written with Gloria Demers)
 * The Company of Strangers (1990) (co-written with David Wilson, Sally Bochner and Gloria Demers)

Producer filmography[edit]

 * Take 30 series (1965–72) (TV, 71 episodes) (co-producer)
 * Man Alive: Jack Chambers (1971)
 * West series: Ruth and Harriet: Two Women of the Piece (1973)
 * West series: Every Saturday Night
 * Some Natives of Churchill (1973)
 * Listen Listen Listen (1976) (co-produced with Roman Kroitor)
 * Canada Vignettes: Holidays (1978)
 * Canada Vignettes: The Thirties (1978)
 * You've Got the Power: Arioli: Running (1979)
 * You've Got the Power: Teenagers (1979)
 * Man of Might: Fit In (1979)
 * For the Love of Dance (1981) (co-produced with John N. Smith, Michael McKennirey, David Wilson and Adam Symansky)
 * Flamenco at 5:15 (1983) (co-produced with Adam Symansky)

Co-editor filmography[edit]

 * For the Love of Dance (1981) (co-edited with John N. Smith, Micheal McKennirey and David Wilson)
 * Flamenco at 5:15 (1983) (co-edited with Paul Demers)

Awards and nominations[edit]
The Ungrateful Land: Roch Carrier Remembers Ste-Justine (1972):


 * Canadian Film Awards: Best TV Information Programme - won

First Winter (1982):


 * 54th Academy Awards: Best Live Action Short - nominated

Flamenco at 5:15 (1983):


 * 56th Academy Awards: Best Documentary Short - won

The Company of Strangers (1990):


 * fr:Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma: Best Quebec Feature Film - won
 * 12th Genie Awards: Best Picture - nominated
 * 12th Genie Awards: Film Editing - won
 * Paris Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival: Best Feature Film
 * Vancouver International Film Festival: Most Popular Canadian Film
 * International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg: Grand Newcomer Award

Rough Draft

Why she got into film making:

Scott’s love for film started at a very young age. Despite her love for filmmaking scott thought that director work was solely for men. It was through her job as an assistant to a producer at the Manitoba Theatre Centre that she realized women could also do this work. After working in television scott learned that her true passion was in filmmaking. Scotts filmmaking career began in documentaries then later her interest shifted to drama.

Experience as a women in film:

Scott attributes her ability to produce films without experiencing gendered discrimination to her ability to create aname for herself after winning an oscar for her documentary flamenco. Scott was the first woman filmmaker to come forward with an idea to cast a film with only female actors.

Participant in a women in the directors chair workshop in banff an intensive workshop opportunity to educate and bring women directors together

Ensuring inclusion in the Film making process:

While working on her film the company of strangers scotts assistants, associate producers, writers, artists were all women. The crew of this movie was primarily male. Encouraging women to support other women in the film industry is important to scott.

Scott has taken an interest in learning the french language.

Connection with Dunnay:

Scott and her husband spend their summers residing on currant lake in dunnay. The dunnay community organization honoured scott by holding an event at the community club where her Oscar winning documentary was screened

Flamenco;

Oscar award winning film that jumpstarted scott’s career.

First winter:

The Ungrateful Land: Roch Carrier Remembers Ste-Justine (1972):


 * Canadian Film Awards: Best TV Information Programme - won

First Winter (1982):

54th Academy Awards: Best Live Action Short - nominated

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Director cynthia scott no stranger to praise. (1992, Feb 17). The Gazette (Index-Only) Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/752303908?accountid=9894

Winnipeg director (cynthia scott) takes top film prize at rendez-vous du cinema quebecois]. (1992, Feb 18). Calgary Herald (Index-Only) Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/753053063?accountid=9894

Watson, P. (1992). Cynthia scott and the company of strangers: An interview by patricia watson. Canadian Woman Studies, 12(2), 109-113. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/217456185?accountid=9894

http://www.sarahkernochan.com/women/

http://legacy.tiff.net/canadianfilmencyclopedia/content/bios/cynthia-scott

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Istona, M. (1993, 05). Sandy's dandy: Catching up with filmmaker sandy wilson. Chatelaine, 66, 6. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/214092415?accountid=9894

By Carla Hall Washington Post,Staff Writer. (1986, Sep 28). Sandy wilson, wistfully: The filmmaker & her craft wilson wilson. The Washington Post (1974-Current File) Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/138764955?accountid=9894

Collison, R. (1987, 01). Chatelaine's woman of the year sandy wilson. Chatelaine, 60, 54-55+. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/214091073?accountid=9894

Haeseker, F. (1993, May 06). SANDY WILSON CHANGES PACE ON HER OWN TURF: FINAL EDITION]. Calgary Herald Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/244226611?accountid=9894

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Director cynthia scott no stranger to praise. (1992, Feb 17). The Gazette (Index-Only) Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/752303908?accountid=9894

Winnipeg director (cynthia scott) takes top film prize at rendez-vous du cinema quebecois]. (1992, Feb 18). Calgary Herald (Index-Only) Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/753053063?accountid=9894

Watson, P. (1992). Cynthia scott and the company of strangers: An interview by patricia watson. Canadian Woman Studies, 12(2), 109-113. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/217456185?accountid=9894

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joyce borenstein documentary nabbed oscar nomination (the colours of my father: A portrait of sam borenstein). (1993, Apr 15). Canadian Jewish News Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/351415722?accountid=9894

How did the kids take it? montreal film stars eight thoughtful children who survived their parents' divorce joyce borenstein's one divided by two]. (1998, Dec 23). The Gazette (Index-Only) Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/752849098?accountid=9894

Gracious loser : Montreal film-maker just happy to rub shoulders at oscars: Final edition]. (1993, Mar 30). Kitchener - Waterloo Record Retrieved from http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/275470205?accountid=9894