Yves Lever (1942 – July 7, 2020) was a Canadian film critic and historian from Quebec.
[1] He was historically most noted for his 2016 biography of film director Claude Jutra, which addressed allegations that Jutra had sexually abused underage children.
[2] The statement was controversial, but Lever's publisher stood behind him,[3] and Jutra's name was quickly removed from numerous cultural and geographic entities that had been named in his memory, including Quebec's Jutra Awards and the national Claude Jutra Award.
[4] Born and raised in Marsoui, Quebec, Lever taught film studies at a variety of institutions throughout his career, including Collège Ahuntsic, the Université de Montréal and Université Laval.
[5] His other published books included Cinéma et société québécoise (1972), Histoire générale du cinéma au Québec (1988),[6] Les 100 films québécois qu’il faut voir (1995),[7] Dictionnaire de la censure au Québec : littérature et cinéma (2006)[8] and J.A DeSève, diffuseur d'images (2008).