Evan Beloff
| Evan Beloff | |
|---|---|
| Born | Montreal, Quebec |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | film director, writer, producer |
| Known for | Once a Nazi |
Evan Beloff is a Canadian film writer, producer, director and production company executive.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Evan Beloff graduated from Concordia University with a double major in Playwriting and Theatre. Since then, he has worked as a writer, actor, director, script editor and producer. He has written plays for the theatre and scripts for film. He is a former researcher, archivist and cameraman for Steven Spielberg's visual history archives of World War II, The Shoah Foundation. Beloff began his film career working for renowned IMAX producer Pietro L. Serapiglia and his company Filmlegend in 1995. In the last decade he has moved into the world of docu-series, mockumentaries and documentary film writing, directing and production.
Beloff first attracted attention while still a student at Concordia University. As a member of a group of students who called themselves the Sofar Poets, he participated in a reading of their poems at Café Vilna in Montreal.
In 1998, he and an associate organized Montreal's first Radical Jewish Arts and Performance Festival which they called "Chutzpah". It was inspired by the Radical Jewish Festival in New York. It was held on the McGill University campus and included music, spoken word and even a walking tour.
In 1998, Beloff co-founded the Montreal indie film-house Diversus Productions and in 1999 co-produced the Félix Award-winning music video (Best music video, Quebec) La Vie est Laide for Quebec rock star Jean Leloup.
In 2000-2001, Beloff served as the Producer and Second Unit Director for the Gemini Award-nominated documentary Too Colorful for the League: A History of Blacks in Hockey for the CBC.
In 2002, he produced, starred in and narrated the festival hit mockumentary Schmelvis: Searching for the King's Jewish Roots (Nodance, HBO Comedy Arts Fest). The film is about a camp Jewish character called Schmelvis created by a Montreal Hasidic Jew named Dan Hartal. His costume comprises a rhinestone-studded white jumpsuit with a large Star of David wrestling-style belt-buckle and a red star-covered cape.
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